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By Brad Lendon, CNN

Updated 8:54 PM ET, Wed March 10, 2021

Hong Kong (CNN)China is assembling an increasingly offensive military and expanding its regional footprint, as Beijing steps up efforts to supplant American military power in Asia, a top US commander warned Congress on Tuesday.”I cannot for the life of me understand some of the capabilities that they’re putting in the field unless it is an aggressive posture,” Adm. Philip Davidson, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.”I see them developing systems, capabilities and a posture that would indicate that they’re interested in aggression,” Davidson said.Adm. Philip Davidson, head of US Indo-Pacific CommandDavidson, who in the hearing defended budget requests for billions of dollars of new weaponry in the Pacific, said the increased investment was necessary to deter Chinese military ambition in the region.Content by RV ShareMillennials are…