For almost six decades, U.S. military power has frustrated the ambition of China’s ruling Communist Party to unite Taiwan with the mainland.
With this U.S. security blanket in place, Beijing has been largely powerless to prevent the prosperous, self-governing island from becoming independent in all but name.

But, an increasingly wealthy China is now building a military force tailored specifically to challenge any attempt by the United States to intervene in a conflict over Taiwan, Western and Chinese military analysts say.

They say the People’s Liberation Army is spending heavily on the hardware and technology it needs to keep the United States and its allies at bay if the Beijing leadership decides it must use force to defeat Taiwan or compel the island’s leaders to negotiate.

Without attempting to match the overwhelming U.S. military might, experts say, the army has developed a strategy of “area denial,” where an array of precision weapons would be deployed in an attempt to keep U.S. forces, particularly aircraft carriers, at a distance for long enough that China could overwhelm Taiwan’s defenses.

Question – Is China preparing for WW3 ?
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