Posted on 03/08/2007 11:11:57 PM PST by Srirangan
China is not a strategic adversary of the United States, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a news roundtable yesterday. “I do not see China at this point as a strategic adversary of the United States,” Gates said. “It's a partner in some respects. It's a competitor in other respects. And so we are simply watching to see what they're doing.”
Chinese government officials announced last week that the Chinese military budget would increase 17 percent. This would be the 19th year of double-digit growth in defense spending, DoD officials said. China will budget roughly $45 billion for defense.
However, the real size of the Chinese budget could be twice as much, a defense official said today on background. The nature of the regime is such that defense spending could be hidden, and this lack of transparency is a hindrance to better Sino-American relations, the official said.
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If China isn't, I sure would like to know who is.
"Paging Miss Information ...."
Let's all take a moment to thank Bill Clinton for all he's done for Chinese military.
What is this guy smoking? It must be thailand then.
The key phrase is "at this point".
During WW2 the Soviet Union was not a 'Strategic Adversary', at that point.......
Pentagon double speak. He knows damn well they are,but is being diplomatic.
China and Russia are both strategic threats of the US.
I still say the Russians are the ones who need to worry about Chinese expansionism.
He's an idiot.
Maybe he's a traitor.
bad link!!!
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