In the great-power competition with the United States’ adversaries, none is more formidable than the Chinese Communist Party.
Emboldened by four years of appeasement policies, the CCP is on the march — escalating its military activities, conducting aggressive drills around Taiwan, and increasing its belligerence in the South China Sea. These actions are not isolated incidents, but part of a broader strategy to assert dominance in the region, challenge international norms, and threaten the sovereignty of neighboring countries.
The tension in the Indo-Pacific is nearing a breaking point. Given China’s unholy alliance with Russia, Iran, and North Korea — and America’s friendship with Taiwan and defense treaty with the Philippines — any surge of CCP aggression in the region could catapult the world into a snowballing conflict.
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