It sure does.
Americans and American companies are jeoparding U.S. Safety by building China's economy and technological infrastructure.
"but the launch is far ahead of what U.S. intelligence expected"
I pray that this is about the media's knowledge. I hope that the military IS on top of everything.
On the other hand, free traitors can now point to their policies as having helped develop the economy. alas, it is the economy of our enemy. Ah, the success of "trade as aid."
Extremely complicated subject you bring up. Two schools of thought on this one.
1. It is more dangerous not to do business and stifle their economy (i.e. Japan pre-WWII), eventually causing them to lash out in a perceived self-defense.
or
2. Feed them technology and business which will substantially greaten their millitary and economic power.
My opinion is there is not much we can do except hope to counter any aggresive behavior in a manner similar to the way we dealt with the USSR in the Cold War. It is useful to remember that the relative weakness of the Chinese culture over the last 200-300 years is a very small part of their history. China has the potential to dwarf the economic and millitary strength of the former Soviet Union. However, their strength in numbers is also their achilles heel.
We are lucky in the sense that the Chinese are not radical religious zealots like the Iranians. I think it is unclear what their long term motives are. I'm not convinced they are going to be an overly aggesive neighbor in the far east, but demands from their economy may force them to be much like the Japanese were in previous times.
The Bush administration seems to subscribe to the school of thought that it is better to engage in order to create a dynamic diplomatic relationship. Creative economic relationships are good in the business sense, but must be excercised cautiously.
Right now China doesen't have much logical incentive to rock the boat too much. I fear that in the next 25 years thought the strain on the behemoth industrial machine will require an expanionist requirement. If this occurs, you will probably see one of the largest and bloodiest conflicts since WWII.