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China’s Military Challenge is Real, and Growing
Astonishing progress in defense technology and production is helping China to develop an aggressive foreign policy.
China is now building the J-20 stealth fighter in numbers. No fewer than 150 J-20s have entered service with four regiments. (Photo: Global Times)
China is now building the J-20 stealth fighter in numbers. No fewer than 150 J-20s have entered service with four regiments. (Photo: Global Times)

China’s progress toward military superpower status continues to accelerate. It already poses significant air and space power challenges to the U.S., but its expansionist strategies also affect all the adjacent countries, both in southeast Asia and farther north.