WASHINGTON—Members of Congress are pushing for a tougher response to the Chinese regime’s growing aggression. Witnesses in a Congressional hearing recommended deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Asia, showing strong support for Taiwan, and exposing human rights abuses in China as immediate steps that could curb Beijing’s drive toward global hegemony.
China’s economic rise has enabled it to expand rapidly across all domains of world power, and a growing consensus has emerged in recent years that the United States could soon be completely driven out of the Asia-Pacific region if Beijing is allowed to continue on its current course unopposed.
