The People’s Liberation Army flew 34 aircraft near Taiwan on Tuesday and Wednesday. Twenty of them crossed the “median line,” the de facto border running down the Taiwan Strait between China and Taiwan. The Chinese military also sent nine vessels near Taiwan, the island republic that Beijing claims as its own. (RELATED: GORDON CHANG: China Smiles As America Falls Deeper Into The TikTok Trap) Global Times, a semi-official tabloid, left Washington in no doubt about the meaning of what it called “intense warplane and warship activities.” “This could be seen as a warning to McCarthy that he should not follow his predecessor Nancy Pelosi’s suit in provocatively interfering in China’s internal affairs,” the paper declared . Yes, Beijing is unhappy that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, fulfilling a promise he made while running for the post, is planning to visit Taipei. The Chinese foreign ministry was relatively restrained in its remarks about a possible McCarthy trip to the … [Read more...] about GORDON CHANG: Kevin McCarthy Squares Up Against The ‘World’s Largest Bully’ — China