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Top US Commander Flags PLA's "Dangerous Course" As China Defends "Deterrent" Drills Near Taiwan
The top US commander in the Pacific has said that Chinese military operations around Taiwan were not mere exercises, but “rehearsals.““We face a profoundly consequential time in the Indo-Pacific. China is on a dangerous course. Their aggressive manoeuvres around Taiwan are not just exercises. They are rehearsals,” Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command saidPaparo said that Beijing’s aggression was evidenced by “technology transfers and coordinated military activities.”Paparo, who assumed his command in May 2024, has named China, Russia and North Korea as a “triangle of troublemakers.” His remarks on June 2 came a day after the conclusion of the Shangri-La Dialogue where Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth called China a threat. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:52 HOW DID CHINA REACT?3:48 US ANNOUNCES, ‘GAME CHANGER’ MISSILE TO RIVAL CHINA5:25 CHINA SLAMS “SMEARS BY US AND ITS ALLIES”