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8:31 [IST] Washington, Mar 20: Observing that China has demonstrated increased military competence and a willingness to take risks, a top Pentagon official said Beijing has adopted a more coercive and aggressive approach to the Indo-Pacific region. "Beijing has demonstrated increased military competence and a willingness to take risks, and it has adopted a more coercive and aggressive approach to the Indo-Pacific region," Dr Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, said in her address to the National War College faculty and students on Friday. In 2020 alone, Beijing escalated tensions over a host of issues with a number of its...