China turns up the pressure on Taiwan...

71 PLA aircraft and 9 vessels were detected by 16:00(UTC+8) on April 8th. 45 of the detected aircraft had crossed northern, central, and southern median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered our southwest ADIZ. pic.twitter.com/ADpTZaoR0B

— 國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. 🇹🇼 (@MoNDefense) April 8, 2023

I'm not a law of the sea guy but China says that it will inspect ships going to Taiwan. I know that we regularly inspect ships in the Persian Gulf and off the coast of Africa looking for weapon shipments. What are we doing? Intercepting weapons from Iran to some group we don't like. We seize those weapons too. With that being said could China seize our shipments to Taiwan, hold them for a few months to rip them apart and put back together and then let them through and declare it a health and safety issue to protect their environment from pests? Just spitballing here and running thru a couple of scenarios out loud.