Rumsfeld in China
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld began his visit to the People's Republic of China today. Part of his visit includes discussing how China is really building up the military. He claims that China is spending about $90 billion on the People's Liberation Army, three times more than China's official statements declare. Rumsfeld wants China to be more open to prevent the U.S. from making any faulty decisions based on assumptions rather than actual fact. [Article Link]
China is building itself up to me the next superpower. It may be, in the future, that the defense of China will include not only making sure Taiwan is reintegrated, but also ensuring that no one can challenge China's dominance on world events. This would probably mean that China's ultimate target would be the U.S. This is a potential Cold War situation that has a bigger chance than ever to become very hot.
China is building itself up to me the next superpower. It may be, in the future, that the defense of China will include not only making sure Taiwan is reintegrated, but also ensuring that no one can challenge China's dominance on world events. This would probably mean that China's ultimate target would be the U.S. This is a potential Cold War situation that has a bigger chance than ever to become very hot.
posted by omahaprogrammer at
10:34 AM
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Until China can guarantee its old self-sufficiency - at least in terms of supporting a military - it will not act against its interests vis-a-vis trade with the US. Once that happens, though, all bets are off. In spite of the attempted forced amnesia of the Cultural Revolution in the 70s, China still remembers her ancient history as one of the greatest empires in the world. That mantle is desired again.
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