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Toshi Yoshihara is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. (Photo by Masahiro Okoshi)

MASAHIRO OKOSHI, Nikkei Washington bureau chief

WASHINGTON -- China's advantage over the U.S. in theater-range missiles in Asia could enable it to "intimidate" frontline states like Japan during a crisis over Taiwan, according to an expert specializing in China's military strategy.

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