China is rapidly eroding President Donald Trump ‘s credibility as a strong leader capable of standing up to its aggression. China’s People’s Liberation Army is ramping up pressure against Taiwan , threatening a conquest of the island democracy that would profoundly damage the U.S. economy and America’s global influence .

There is much more. The Chinese coast guard on Sept. 15 fired water cannons at Philippine vessels, damaging one and injuring a Philippine sailor. The Philippines is a U.S. treaty defense ally. The incident occurred in the South China Sea’s Scarborough Shoal, 135 miles from the Philippine coast and well within the country’s exclusive economic zone. The shoal is 540 miles from China’s Hainan Island, but China claims most of the South China Sea as its own national w

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