The argument for an expanding US nuclear arsenal was articulated recently in a consensus report by the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, which argued that the United States and its allies must be ready to “deter and defeat” both Russia and China—simultaneously. [...] 27, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress expelled nine senior cadres from the country’s nominal law-making body without explanation, further adding to the suspicion that a large-scale corruption scheme that democratically touched many levels of the military and the Chinese defense industry had been discovered by Xi. [...] However, the information and reality conveyed by the latest move are still worth deep understanding and careful consideration by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities and Lai Ching-te's team, the few remaining so-called "diplomatic allies" of Taiwan island, and external forces that persistently interfere in the situation across the Taiwan Straits. [...] A document issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other departments, urges the country to “grasp the opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution” at a time when the US is doubling down on a “small yard, high fence” approach to block China’s access to key technologies. [...] It accurately identifies the scope of China’s global ambitions and many of the structural changes being implemented by Xi Jinping to make China the preeminent military power in Asia and the Pacific.
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