The American military is warning that China is probably planning to take control of Taiwan more quickly than many people had thought. The future of the island democracy has been the largest problem between the United States and China for many years. Experts consider it the most likely cause for a military conflict between the two sides. China has been building its military for years. It has become more aggressive with Taiwan and in arguments over ownership of the South China Sea. China considers Taiwan a breakaway territory. A military move against Taiwan would test American support for the island. The U.S. has always promised to defend Taiwan, but has left it unclear just how that would be done. For the Biden administration, Chinese military aggression toward Taiwan would force a choice. It could break its promise and let the Chinese take Taiwan or risk a full war with China. The Biden administration believes China is the number one problem for the United States. It also believes the U.S. must do more and do it quickly militarily, diplomatically and in other ways to prevent China from replacing the United States as the most powerful nation in Asia. Taiwan is at the top of the list of possible problems.
Title: US Military Concerned about Risk of China Moving Against Taiwan
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5013/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Military Concerned about Risk of China Moving Against Taiwan' data-article-id='5542'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13458'>The American military is warning that China is probably planning to take control of Taiwan more quickly than many people had thought.</span> <span data-start-time='13458' data-end-time='24292'>The future of the island democracy has been the largest problem between the United States and China for many years. </span> <span data-start-time='24292' data-end-time='33417'>Experts consider it the most likely cause for a military conflict between the two sides.</span> <span data-start-time='33417' data-end-time='38083'>China has been building its military for years.</span> <span data-start-time='38083' data-end-time='47875'>It has become more aggressive with Taiwan and in arguments over ownership of the South China Sea.</span> <span data-start-time='47875' data-end-time='52875'>China considers Taiwan a breakaway territory. </span> <span data-start-time='52875' data-end-time='60083'>A military move against Taiwan would test American support for the island. </span> <span data-start-time='60083' data-end-time='69688'>The U.S. has always promised to defend Taiwan, but has left it unclear just how that would be done.</span> <span data-start-time='69688' data-end-time='78188'>For the Biden administration, Chinese military aggression toward Taiwan would force a choice.</span> <span data-start-time='78188' data-end-time='87604'>It could break its promise and let the Chinese take Taiwan or risk a full war with China.</span> <span data-start-time='87604' data-end-time='94604'>The Biden administration believes China is the number one problem for the United States. </span> <span data-start-time='94604' data-end-time='112438'>It also believes the U.S. must do more and do it quickly militarily, diplomatically and in other ways to prevent China from replacing the United States as the most powerful nation in Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='112438' data-end-time='117604'>Taiwan is at the top of the list of possible problems.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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