US Defense Minister believes China is preparing for a possible invasion of Taiwan

US Secretary of Defense Pitt Hegschez today called on the US allies in the Asia region to “quickly increase” their military spending. “US Allies in the Indo-Pacific can and should quickly increase their own defense,” he said during Sigri-La’s dialogue in Singapore, the main security and defense forum in Asia, stressing “deterrence is not cheap”. Pitt Hegschez then argued that China was preparing, “clearly” and “reliable” to “use potentially military violence to alter the balance of forces” in the Asia-Pacific Region, which means to impose its “sovereignty”. “The threat represented by China is true and can be immediate,” the minister said, insisting that Beijing “wants to dominate and control” the area. The US Secretary of Defense estimated that the Chinese Armed Forces were engaging in “rehearsals” in the face of an invasion of Taiwan as Beijing has multiplied military high schools […]
Source: News Beast

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