The Review released on Wednesday also referred to the modernisation of China’s military apparatus that has enabled the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to support an increasingly assertive strategy, including on the military front, whether in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly with regard to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, or in other regions of the world.To this end, France is committed to building partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region, notably India, Australia and Japan, as well as Indonesia and Singapore.“The modernisation of China’s military apparatus continues and enables the PLA to support an increasingly assertive strategy, including on the military front, whether in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly with regard to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, or in other regions of the world where Chinese diplomacy calls to clients, especially in Africa.The latter is only constrained in practice and, at this stage, by the PRC’s decision to challenge the international security architecture from the inside,” according to the French Strategic Review document.The document will set a baseline for debate on France’s 2024-2030 national defence budget, which will come before the French parliament early next year."