RED STORM RISING: The Pentagon is about to release the 2020 version of its annual report on China’s military power. The unclassified report, compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency, is being published as Defense Secretary Mark Esper wraps up a trip to the Indo-Pacific region to stress the need for allies in the region to work together to counter China’s expansionist ambitions.
“Unlike America’s Armed Forces, the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] is not a military that serves its nation or a Constitution. Rather, it serves a political entity, the Chinese Communist Party, in its attempts to undermine rules and norms across the globe,” said Esper in a speech last week in Hawaii.
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