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					People now seem to expect less during what is not so much an economic crash as a slow decline of hope				</div>
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					F-16V may sharpen air defenses, but PLA’s numerical and qualitative advantage still threatens to overwhelm the island				</div>
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					Trump&#8217;s April 2 reciprocal tariff proclamation likely to hit China, Vietnam and other Asian nations as part of a targeted &#8216;dirty 15&#8217;				</div>
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