I still don't understand why we're so afraid of China. So what if they build up their military ? So did the Soviet Union, and look what happened to them. Let them waste their money.
So long as China has a communist government, they will forever experience internal difficulties and never be able to focus totally on external issues. China will never attack us, because they could never sustain their supply lines. History tells us that.
Don't you think the threat of not being able to sell us stuff will shape their foreign policy ? We've lived a long time without Chinese goods. We can live without them in the future if we want. Without our trade they have major problems (as do we, but that's another discussion). Why should we build up our military to match them ? Does anyone here ever think we'd go to war with a nuclear China (thank you bill clinton) ?
China has already begun to attack us. The attack is political, so far. China is not your friend.