Most of these stories are aimed at room-temperature IQ Republican Congressman to stimulate demand for ruinously-expensive manned aircraft programs.
China has no military objectives outside China and its territorial waters. Never has, and never will. It will only attack Taiwan if Taiwan declares independence, guess what, the US will not intervene if that happens.
Winner, winner!
What is this crazed notion that any large country attempting to provide for it’s own defense is cause for the US to create some overwhelming ability to crush them?
That brings the vision that the US in not a shining city on a hill, but an oppressive empire of pirates.
“”””China has no military objectives outside China and its territorial waters. Never has, and never will.””””
China is trying to build the world’s biggest military just to keep someone from invading them, or not allowing free trade movement of their shipping?
Who is out to conquer China?
Do you think all those nations who live in fear of China conquering them believe what you claim?