Posted on 05/04/2007 12:24:02 PM PDT by freedom44
The United States preoccupation with the grave situation in the Middle East has metamorphosed into a grand opportunity for Beijing. Once thought of as the "sick man of Asia" with land confiscated by the British, Dutch, Germans and Japanese, the newly reborn Asian Giant is extending its diplomatic networks and pursuing its military objectives without any real opposition.
China maintains its primary focus is isolated to Taiwan, but it has quietly been expanding its aircraft, ship and missile capabilities signaling a direct challenge to United States interests. Outside a couple of trifle warnings about the Chinese military buildup, the United States has done little to safeguard the nation against the Asian Giant. The Chinese have turned hawkish towards the United States, devoting significant resources to both defensive and offensive measures against the world’s only super power.
The Chinese have used the United States’ War on Terror to expand their military, intelligence capabilities, and influence. According to a report by the Rand Corporation the Chinese have assembled advanced strategies confrontation with the United States which includes "massive missile attack, computer network sabotage, and radical technological advances to build, a networked military loosely paralleling American initiatives to fuse intelligence and communications."
The ostentatious militaristic build-up of the Red Chinese has perplexed even the most astute military experts. The coordinated project has led to "the largest military build-up the world has witnessed since the end of the Cold War," says Richard Fisher, a China specialist. The expiated pace of this build-up stress experts to contemplate whether China is being full-hearted when it portrays its rise in military power as peaceful. Chinese visits to the United States have been showered with a glowing array of peaceful interludes and promises of maintaining the status quo. As the United States battles Islamic fundamentalists keen on undermining the foundations of democracy, as well as passionately working towards the promotion of democratic reform in the Middle East, China has been feeding on the envy many nations have against the dominance of the world’s only super power by providing economical, social and militaristic support.
A recent Pentagon report reads "the United States remains the central focus of China's military, with emphasis on "attacking stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, and helicopters, while defending against precision strikes, electronic warfare, and enemy reconnaissance". The study notes that "China does not face a direct threat from another nation. Yet it continues to invest heavily in its military, particularly in programs designed to improve power projection. The pace and scope of China's military build-up are, already, such as to put regional military balances at risk." China’s defense budget is rising. It is adding an estimated 50 short-range ballistic missiles per year, its Navy is equipped with the latest Russian made destroyer, longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles are common, and the lethality and accuracy of Chinese missiles are on the rise, amongst other disturbing trends.
In 2007 China’s defense spending will rise eighteen percent, the largest annual rise in spending in recent years, according to a forecast by Beijing’s legislature. The hefty increase means that the Chinese have doubled their military spending since the early 1990’s. While China maintains that its yearly military budget is around thirty billion most personnel inside the Pentagon put that number around ninety billion. There has been some concern in the United States over this rapid growth but most experts, including the State Department, believe China is merely trying to contain Taiwan rather than expand its power.
Experts who voice the axiom that Chinas military growth is related to containing and eventually unifying with Taiwan are obsessive compulsive over the near future and suffer from Alzheimer’s when it comes to China’s past.
China has already been termed a "credible threat to other modern militaries operating in the region" by the Department of Defense and, while Chinas military growth may primarily be concerned with Taiwan in the short term, evidence shows that China is building its military, intelligence, influence and resources to directly confront the United States. China’s ambition is to replace the United States as the predominant power in the region, the continent, and eventually the entire world. The United States needs to pay more attention to China’s rise to power and prepare for the worst case scenario…another Soviet Union.
“worst case scenario…another Soviet Union”
That assumes China will act like the USSR. Never assume. That’s not the worst case either.
First we need to weed out all of their friends in the State Department and Pentagon.
>worst case scenario....another Soviet Union<
>>That assumes China will act like the USSR. Never asume. That’s not the worst case either.<<
Any good businessperson assumes the worst case, and prepares for it. If he/she is surprised, so much the better. Red China is not our friend. To assume that she will not act Communistic is pure idiocy.
Not too good at reading a post uh?
I think some of you “hope” China will act like Soviet Union.
Why on earth would I “hope” that? Communism is communism.
BTW, welome, Newby.
Like, *PING*, dude!
Actually thinking that China will do what the USSR did is absolutely idiotic. Especially given the fact that the USSR collapsed. My point is, they may be worse than anything we have seen from the USSR. If that is the case now you have underestimated them.
I didn’t say she will not act communistic. When you read my comment you assumed USSR was the worst we have ever seen which meant you thought I was saying China is a lesser evil. I’m saying she may be worse with 40 million young men in the military.
Business people should never be making military decisions by the way.
They’re up to something for a reason. We need seriously reasonable people in our State Department and defense offices to prepare us for what the constant build-up foretells.
I believe the outside hatred for the US can find my willing accomplices within our own nation. That worries me as well.
Look at what he has done to Eastern Europe via the media and political influence. That is what he wants to do here. Hollywood was is a perfect conduit to the people and he understands that. He uses these uneducated morons who would be sleeping in the park on a cardboard bed if it wasn’t for the “movies”.
China has tied herself to the US economically so deep that corporations will not allow the government to jeopardize their investments. Yes, I said that. There is way too much at stake to start pushing China.
Corporate America as a whole has never acted with America as number one on their list when it comes to business. I think China understands this. Business is more powerful than government and so China sees this as a point of critical mass to create a turning point in her own military development.
What we have to know about the Chinese culture is that they are patient.
The day will come when the sand runs out.
3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.
4. Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.
5. Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
6. There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."
-- From "The Art of War, Sun Tzu
Everything China will do is predictable - and so is everything we will do. They would jump for joy if we get into a hot war with Iran, regardless of how much oil they buy from the Iranians. Their ideal is take Taiwan back without firing a shot, and when they are ready, it is likely we will remain too overextended to have a say in the matter.
China will not become another Soviet Union, but another Qin dynasty - its cruel repression funded by hyper-capitalism and big-screen TV sales to America - is not impossible.
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