US accuses China of military ‘aggressiveness’ after recent tense confrontations

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The White House warned on Monday that recent tense confrontations between US and Chinese forces in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea demonstrate Beijing’s military’s rising aggression, raising the potential of a mistake in which “somebody gets hurt.” Washington’s stern warning came after the US Navy released a video of an “unsafe interaction” in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in which a Chinese vessel passed in front of a US destroyer in the critical waterway. The event occurs as both nations swap blame for not conducting military discussions – with issues ranging from trade and Taiwan to Russia’s...