As China's navy grows, the US fleet is on a 'downward trajectory,' maritime expert says

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The USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, sails past the Statue of Liberty for 2023 Fleet Week.
The USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.

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Rescue teams in Taiwan airlifted 928 pounds of food to a mining area where 64 people got trapped after an earthquake

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Rescuers leave the site as the last remaining individual trapped in a severely tilted building was found after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien County, Taiwan of China.
Rescuers leave the site as the last remaining individual trapped in a severely tilted building was found after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien County, Taiwan of China.

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At least 9 killed in the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years

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Rescue operations were underway after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake killed nine people and injured at least 963 in Taiwan. It's the strongest to hit Taiwan since 1999.

This 660-ton pendulum protects Taiwan's tallest skyscraper from earthquakes

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side-by-side of Taipei skyscraper and massive spherical tuned mass damper
The Taipei 101 skyscraper (left) and the tuned mass damper inside it (right).

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Dozens are trapped in highway tunnels and rock quarries after the devastating Taiwan earthquake: reports

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Firefighters search for survivors in the rubble of a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan on April 3, 2024.

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The Taiwan earthquake puts the vulnerability of the world's biggest chipmaker on full display

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Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan, in this handout provided by Taiwan's National Fire Agency on April 3, 2024.
Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan, in this handout provided by Taiwan's National Fire Agency on April 3, 2024.

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China's internet is filled with well-wishes for earthquake-stricken Taiwan — and veiled references that the PLA can help

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Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.
Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.

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How Taiwan could depend on one of the cheapest naval tactics to stop a Chinese invasion

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A brigade of the army under the Eastern Theater Command and a department of the Navy carry out a multi-subject combat training in a sea area in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, Aug 27, 2022.
A brigade of the army under the Eastern Theater Command and a department of the Navy carry out a multi-subject combat training in a sea area in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, Aug 27, 2022.

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China built a mock-up of key area in Taiwan's capital city at a desert training site, satellite images show

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A satellite image showing Chinese mock up of Taiwan's presidential office.
Satellite image of an area in Inner Mongolia showing what appears to be a mock-up of a key government area in Taipei, Taiwan dated December 2022.

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China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral

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Army recruits who are about to go to military barracks wait at a high-speed railway station in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024.
Army recruits who are about to go to military barracks wait at a high-speed railway station in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024.

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