China's Military Modernisation Poses Taiwan Threat: US Officials


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China's Military Modernisation Poses Taiwan Threat: US Officials By Sylvie LANTEAUME on March 16 2021 5:37 PM 0 0 China's accelerated military modernisation poses a clear and growing threat to Taiwan, and US intervention might only risk intensifying pressure from Beijing, US defence officials say. Washington's top US military officer in Asia-Pacific Admiral Philip Davidson made waves last week by warning that Beijing could seek to invade Taiwan within six years. And as Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin makes Asia the target of his first overseas trip, US defence officials have hammered home the threat they see posed by Beijing's rapid...