The navy chief said with China having delivered on every promise, it s not just what President Xi Jinping says, but how the Chinese behave and what they do.
U.S. forces are equipped to handle multiple conflicts abroad simultaneously, though positioning troops and weapons throughout the Indo-Pacific to challenge threats from China poses logistical issues because it is such a vast region, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost said.
As the Taiwanese government seeks to respond to China’s unification pressure campaign, a significant impediment is the self-governing island’s own political polarization which, in some respects, is worsening.