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China's Military Buildup A Concern, Not A Threat: Rice

We just take note of the fact that there is a significant military buildup going on, ... that we have concerns about the military balance and of course that the United States continues to modernize its own forces so that we can continue to be a force for stability and peace in this region."

China and Russia are also modernizing their militaries to be forces of stability and peace in the region.

We’ve already labeled China not only a threat but our number one threat.

U.S. at War With Beijing, Reports Cite China as No. 1 Threat

Both the Pentagon and the Commission on U.S-China Economic and Security Review cited Beijing as a major threat to U.S. national security. The two reports noted the growing military capability of China combined with its predatory economic policy is aimed directly at the United States.
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And if China is not a threat why are we threatening them?
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Beyond the nukes we have pointed at China looms the oil card.

The one power in Eurasia that has the potential to create a strategic combination which could checkmate US global dominance is China. However, China has an Achilles' heel, which Washington understands all too well - oil. Ten years ago China was a net oil exporter. Today China is the second-largest importer behind the US.

Washington policy now encompasses a series of "democratic" or soft coup projects which would strategically cut China off from access to the vital oil and gas reserves of the Caspian, including Kazakhstan. The earlier Asian Great Silk Road trade routes went through Tashkent in Uzbekistan and Almaty in Kazakhstan for geographically obvious reasons, in a region surrounded by major mountain ranges.
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-Am

China's Military Buildup A Concern, Not A Threat: Rice


Beijing (AFP) Jul 10, 2005
The United States is concerned about China's "significant" military buildup, but that does not mean it sees Beijing as a threat, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
"There is no doubt that we have concerns about the size and pace of the Chinese military buildup and it's not just the Pentagon. I've made clear to people this is a view held by the US government," Rice told reporters.

"This does not mean that we view China as 'a threat'," she said after meeting with Chinese officials on the first leg of a four-nation Asia tour.

"We just take note of the fact that there is a significant military buildup going on, ... that we have concerns about the military balance and of course that the United States continues to modernize its own forces so that we can continue to be a force for stability and peace in this region."

Rice said she raised the issue of the impact of China's military buildup on the regional military balance during meetings with Chinese leaders.

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned earlier this year that China was spending considerably more on its military than officially acknowledged and asked why it had so many missiles aimed at Taiwan. The United States is bound by US law to help defend Taiwan.

China considers Taiwan part of its territory awaiting reunification and has threatened to retake it by force if it moves towards formal independence. The island has ruled itself since splitting from the mainland after a civil war in

Taiwan's defense ministry says China has deployed at least 700 ballistic missiles along its southeastern coast just opposite the island, and the number could rise to 800 before the end of 2006.

http://www.spacewar.com/news/china-05zzzzg.html