REUTERS , WASHINGTON
The US would face an increasingly lethal Chinese army modernized by Washington's friends and allies if it had to defend Taiwan in a war with Beijing, a US study released yesterday said.
Russia's arms exports to China are more sophisticated than ever, and Israel -- recipient of some of the US' most advanced technology -- has an increasingly worrisome defense relationship with Beijing, the report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said.
Moreover, if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China as some members want, that could "dramatically enhance China's military capability," the report added.
Echoing a recent Pentagon study, the commission said China's military capabilities "increasingly appear to be shaped to fit a Taiwan conflict scenario and to target US air and naval forces that could become involved."
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