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China's rise as a military power threat to Taiwan, says US defence intelligence assessment report

Washington, Jan 16 (UNI) The Pentagon on Tuesday released a latest defence intelligence assessment report cautioning rise in China's military power a potential threat to Taiwan and the US in the long run.
The new DIA 2019 'China Military Power' report states that China has invested hugely in high-end technologies like hypersonics and focused on indigenously developed stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.
According to a Senior defence intelligence official “The biggest concern is that they are going to get to a point where the [Chinese military] leadership may actually tell [Chinese President] Xi Jinping that they are confident in their capabilities,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “We know in the past that they have … considered themselves a developing, weaker power. … As these technologies mature, as their reorganization of their military comes into effect, as they become more proficient with these capabilities, our concern is we’ll reach a point where internally, within their decision-making, they will decide that using military force for a regional conflict is something that is more imminent, an American military newspaper, Stars and Stripes reported.
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