US-China Rivalry More Dangerous Than Cold War?

The Diplomat ^ | 1/28/2014 | Zachary Keck

[freedom462]

And, sadly, I think the way things are progressing this will undoubtedly be the China century.

[mac_truck]

It will be interesting to see whether Japan steps into a leadership role and rallies the other Asian nations impacted by an emerging Chinese hegemony. I think the US should encourage this.

[freedom462]

Why would they? Wouldn’t that also mean for japan to be effective, they would need to build up their military power as well and start finally getting into the Navy power game? And if so, why would the US tolerate that, given, that it was still well under a century ago that a militarily influential Japan set out to eradicate much of humanity.

[cunning_fish]

>>>China has absolutely no desire to have an armed conflict with the United States, nor anything else that would upset its reliance on US markets for its cheap manufactured goods. If the US imposed a trade embargo on China, China’s economy would tank overnight. The Chinese “Communists” like money and capitalism too much to allow that to happen.<<<

Amen. It is absolutely true by now.
I have no idea if it is to be true in a couple decades.

[mac_truck]

Wouldn’t that also mean for japan to be effective, they would need to build up their military power as well and start finally getting into the Navy power game?

In a word yes, which is what the current Japanese administration is signaling they would like to do. This will eventually require Japan to alter their pacifist constitution, but they're already taking steps in that direction.