WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Pentagon would review its strategy toward China, looking at pivotal areas including intelligence, technology and Washington’s military footprint in the region.
The review will be among several others the Pentagon is already carrying out, ranging from troops in the Middle East to policy toward NATO.
Both countries are at loggerheads over issues from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of deliberately provocative behavior.
Under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, the Pentagon made countering China its top priority,…
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