A top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Sunday said the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan \u0022are very high.\u0022
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Both the United States and Taiwan will hold presidential elections in 2024, potentially creating an opportunity for China to take military action, Minihan wrote.Article content “The odds are very high that we could see a conflict with China and Taiwan and the Indo Pacific,” McCaul said.Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he disagreed with Minihan’s assessment.
Smith said the United States needs to be in a position to deter China from military action against Taiwan, “but I’m fully confident we can avoid that conflict if we take the right approach.”
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