What China Just Learned From the Iran War
A blockade of Taiwan would hurt the global economy more than Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Simon Shuster
Simon Shuster is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He has reported on armed conflicts and authoritarian regimes for nearly two decades. His best-selling book, The Showman, chronicles the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before joining The Atlantic in 2025, he worked as a correspondent for Time based in New York, Berlin and Moscow.
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