The 1995/1996 Taiwan crisis, during which the United States deployed two aircraft carriers to force China to back down, served as the trigger for China's military capability-building process and exposed the weaknesses of the Chinese armed forces at that time.

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  Strategic Rivalry between United States and China

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• Strategic Rivalry between United States and China www.swp-berlin.org SWP via serper

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