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The incoming Trump administration should embrace a more muscular approach to counter China’s increasingly aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. The stakes could not be higher. Absent a major course correction, Beijing will continue to make diplomatic and military gains at our expense and the risk of war will increase.

By meddling in our elections, embedding itself in our national infrastructure, browbeating our allies, and continuing its massive military buildup, China has advanced its interests and diminished America’s credibility. The Biden administration’s muted response has served only to encourage further aggression.

Consider, for example, China’s adventurism in the South China Sea. In addition to fortifying its manmade islands, which are now bristling with weapons, China has repeatedly rammed, fired lasers, and shot water cannons at Filipino fishermen and coast guardsmen operating in Filipino waters.

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China’s warships and fighters have also buzzed U.S. warships and aircraft well over 100 times in the past few years, according to the Pentagon’s most recent report on China. Yet this reckless behavior has elicited........

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