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Since taking the Oval office Trump has sparked global protests, outraged politicians and upset people over all corners of the globe.

China’s state media has announced it will “step up preparedness for possible military conflict with US”

Maritime security is being boosted particularly - especially since it began to look like Donald Trump will sanction an intervention in the row over the artificial islands in the South China Sea, which China stakes claim over.

The billionaire businessman’s presidency has rapidly escalated chances of conflict, China has claimed, amid threats it would take a ‘war’ to take the disputed lands.

The People’s Liberation Army said in a commentary on its official website last Friday, the day of Trump’s inauguration, that the chances of war have become “more real” amid a more complex security situation in Asia Pacific.

An officials for the national defence mobilisation department in the Central Military Commission called for a US rebalancing of its strategy in Asia were causing problems.

It said: “‘A war within the president’s term’ or ‘war breaking out tonight’ are not just slogans, they are becoming a practical reality.”