Pentagon's tone softens on Chinese military growth
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word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="assessment">assessment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="resembled">resembled</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="adopted">adopted</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="diplomatic">diplomatic</span> <span word="language">language</span> -<span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="aggravating">aggravating</span> <span word="delicate">delicate</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>.</p>
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