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A Yemeni man brandishes a dagger during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and in condemnation of Israel and the US, in the Huthi-run capital Sanaa on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
By Felix Brender 王哲謙 In the latest vignette of maritime theater off Yemen’s coast, a Chinese frigate decided to dazzle a German surveillance plane with a military-grade laser, forcing it to turn tail and return to Djibouti. Berlin is rightly incensed. Beijing’s antics ...