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US losing its military edge in Asia, and China knows it
America can no longer deter China without help from its allies.
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The US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey refuelling at sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in 2018.
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Ashley Townshend and James Crabtree
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(NYTIMES) - A Chinese fighter jet veered in front of an Australian military surveillance aircraft over international waters in the South China Sea last month and released metallic debris that was sucked into the Australian plane's engines.
No one was reported hurt in the encounter, which Australia's defence minister called "very dangerous", but it added to a string of recent incidents that demonstrate China's growing willingness to test the United States and its partners in Asia militarily.
