 WASHINGTON Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he seriously doubted that ramped up Chinese military activities near the Taiwan Strait were a sign of an imminent invasion of the island by Beijing. Weve seen increased aerial activity in the straits, weve seen increased surface vessel activity around Taiwan, Austin said during a press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Japanese counterparts. But whether or not that means that an... 