expansionism
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New Caledonia is central to Macron’s Indo-Pacific strategy and France’s ability to counter China’s expansionism in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2024
The US marked its diplomatic presence at the presidential country retreat by brokering a thaw in the relationship of the two pacific nations in the face of growing Chinese expansionism.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2023
General Brown and Mr. Austin would advise Mr. Biden on national security matters from the war in Ukraine to China’s military expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
But the Qin’s imperial blueprint—uniform laws, consistent weights and measurements, a centralized bureaucracy, and early focus on expansionism to ward off “barbarians” in the north—provided the scaffolding for the Han’s greatness.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
President McKinley again had defeated William Jennings Bryan, but the campaign issue was American expansionism overseas.
From United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches by United States. Presidents.
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