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China's Taiwan threat: Military buildup exposed - Fox News
Why it matters
China's expanding military capability and Taiwan-focused buildup directly threatens the stability of the Indo-Pacific and Australia's most critical alliance security assumption—that Taiwan remains independent and the US can operate freely in the region. A successful Chinese coercion or invasion of Taiwan would fundamentally alter the balance of power in Australia's immediate strategic environment, forcing rapid military mobilisation and potentially triggering AUKUS activation under conditions of peer-conflict readiness.
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