Thursday, March 26, 2009

Pentagon questions growing Chinese military power

Anyone who thinks China will act in a stable, peaceful way is naive. Make no mistake about it, China will go after Taiwan as soon as it gets a chance. China is already waging economic war against the US, it will only be a matter of time before it becomes a shooting war. Yahoo News

WASHINGTON – China's rapidly growing military strength is shifting the military balance in the region and could be used to force its claims in disputed territories, a Pentagon report said Wednesday.

Beijing continues to develop weapons that threaten longtime rival Taiwan, even though tensions between the two have been reduced significantly, the report said. It added that China is also developing longer range capabilities that could have an affect beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

The latest in a series of annual assessments for Congress of China's military power, the report says the U.S. "welcomes the rise of a stable, peaceful and prosperous China and encourages China to participate responsibly" in world affairs.

"However, much uncertainty surrounds China's future course, particularly regarding how its expanding military power might be used," the report said.

2 comments:

#1 infidel said...

why else would they be building up their military ? I believe they think that if they have a big enough military no one will mess with them when they do Attack Taiwan , kinda like the cold war scenario !

kyros said...

I think it's only a matter of time before China attacks Taiwan. All they need is overwhelming forced to conquer the island is a couple of days before the US can fully mobilize to defend Taiwan.