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Anew U.S. strategy for countering Chinese aggression in the Pacific region has been outlined by a top official in President Joe Biden’s administration.

©Ezra Acayan/GETTYUS and Philippine marines took part in joint amphibious assault exercises off the waters near the South China Sea in March 2022.

Chinese warplanes haverepeatedly violated Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ)in recent months, with Beijing considering the island a breakaway province.

Tension is also sky high in the South China Sea where Beijing’s territorial claims overlap with those of no fewer than six of its neighbors, resulting inregular confrontations.

Ely Ratner, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, discussed the situation in a speech this week to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington D.C.

CONCERN AND WE…