This threat exists not merely on a military level, though China could force a confrontation in the Pacific by way of Taiwan.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	2:det	_
2	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	3:nsubj	_
3	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	_	5	advmod	5:advmod	_
5	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	9:advmod	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	9:case	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	9:det	_
8	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	3:obl:on	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	14:mark	_
12	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	14:nsubj	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	14:aux	_
14	force	force	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	3:advcl:though	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	_
16	confrontation	confrontation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	14:obj	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	19:det	_
19	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	16:nmod:in	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	21:case	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	14:obl:by	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
23	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	21:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
