WASHINGTON — Bolstering Taiwan's defenses is an urgent task and essential to deter the threat of invasion by China, the Pentagon's top official for Asia said on Wednesday, adding that US partners were stepping up their military presence in the region.
Ratner added that China's air and maritime campaigns around Taiwan were "intentionally provocative" and increased the likelihood of miscalculation between armed forces in the Indo-Pacific. The United States has no formal ties with Taiwan but is its largest arms supplier, and has been trying to carve out more space for it in the international system in the face of escalating efforts by Beijing to isolate Taipei.
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