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(FILES) This file photo taken on April 23, 2019 shows Chinese sailors standing on the deck of the new type 055 guide missile destroyer Nanchang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy as it participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province. - China's accelerated military modernisation poses a clear and growing threat to Taiwan, and US intervention might only risk intensifying pressure from Beijing, US defence officials told reported on March 15, 2021. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP) (KEYSTONE/POOL/MARK SCHIEFELBEIN)