Does China Pose A Threat To Global Security?

From The Telegraph:

China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region, new satellite imagery has revealed.

The pictures show that China has built a substantial harbour which could house nuclear ballistic missile submarines and aircraft carriers.

Recent protests against the Beijing Olympic Games have drawn attention to the country's controversial record in the disputed province of Tibet. China also has a tense relationship with Taiwan.

China has argued that it has a right to protect itself and that it has no hostile intentions.

Should we trust China? Does the world’s most populous nation present a threat to the rest of the world? Or is it reasonable for a rising superpower to arm itself with nuclear weapons?

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My Comment: We in the West perceive China as one big unified and overpopulated country that is now the world's second biggest economy and the second largest army. In fact it is a country ..... like the former Soviet Union .... that is made up of numerous ethnic minorities and groups. As we can see in Tibet, many of these groups have a strong desire to be autonomous from the central government .... or even independent.

While China will have aspirations to be a global power .... and will work actively to achieve certain objectives .... its problems on the domestic front will keep them occupied for a very long time. Our main concern should be on how China's domestic problems can negatively impact the world should social unrest get out of control.