Beijing's military planners know they cannot rely on China's size alone as a deterrent Photo: REUTERS
China Military Buildup Shifts Balance of Power in Asia in Beijing’s Favor -- Washington Free Beacon
Congressional report warns the danger of U.S.-China conflict is rising
China’s decades-long buildup of strategic and conventional military forces is shifting the balance of power in Asia in Beijing’s favor and increasing the risk of a conflict, according to a forthcoming report by a congressional China commission.
China’s military has greatly expanded its air and naval forces and is sharply increasing its missile forces, even while adopting a more hostile posture against the United States and regional allies in Asia, states a late draft of the annual report of the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
As a result, “the potential for security miscalculation in the region is rising,” the report said, using the euphemism for a conflict or shootout between Chinese forces and U.S. forces or those of its regional allies.
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My Comment: The danger has always been a Chinese conflict with one of America's allies that also has a security guarantee with the U.S. that will oblige it's intervention. Fortunately .... Beijing is not interested in generating such a conflict, and even the Chinese military has doubts that they could win a war. But if present trends continue .... the dynamics will be different .... and that is where the danger rises.
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