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As communist China escalates its campaign to turn the South China Sea into its own private swimming pool, the United States must organize stronger international action to stop it.
This is why he has ordered the People's Liberation Army to risk highly dangerous interceptions of U.S. military aircraft operating in international airspace. It's why he is building nuclear weapons stockpiles and delivery systems. It's why his submarine forces are training closely with Russia. The new Mao wants his bullying to work with his potent means of waging war.
Xi fears increased European alignment with the U.S. With China's economy weak and Xi's policies facing greater scrutiny, the time is ripe for Europe to exert economic leverage on Beijing. EU President Ursula von der Leyen has taken tentative steps, but she and her colleagues should turn the volume up on their rhetoric and threaten more action.
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