To borrow from their wisdom: “If your enemy is angry, irritate him” (Sun Tzu, “Art of War”)

To dignify an oppressed people?

Because she’s a Libra?

My thoughts were the same, until I realized that obeying the threat of the CCP, would make the USA look weak. Just perhaps the timing was a little off…or was it ?

Not me ... I have no idea!

Power play versus Biden -or- unofficially sanctioned by the WH to send PRC a message while still maintaining diplomatic plausible deniability.

cha-ching $$$$$$ #pullthestring #warpigs

So that future provocations seem less out of the blue?

Maybe because Taiwan makes 97% of the computer chips we need for our computer dependent world in the US?

MiC