China’s Taiwan Air Patrols Resume — But the Real Signal May Be Inside the PLA (opens in new tab)

After a roughly ten-day pause that puzzled regional observers, Chinese military aircraft have resumed patrol flights around Taiwan. On the surface, the development looks routine. PLA aircraft once again crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, restoring a pattern of pressure that has become almost normalized over the past several years. Yet when examined through an OSINT lens, the more interesting story may not be the flights themselve...