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2009-09-22 China-Japan-Koreas

China says its military now equal to the West

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Posted by gromky 2009-09-22 00:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Begging to differ, but Chinese generally don't "exaggerate" when it comes to their national security.

Chinese know as well as anyone force correlations isn't just a "dick contest."

Even if the correlations don't match up, if the Chinese say they can match up well with any western nation, they usually have good cause for saying so.

No wonder the "analyst" was an unnamed source.

Posted by badanov 2009-09-22 00:14|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-09-22 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Moral to the material...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-09-22 01:34|| 2009-09-22 01:34|| Front Page Top

#3 old military proverb - a unit ready for parade is not ready for combat. a unit ready for combat is not ready for parade.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-09-22 08:57|| 2009-09-22 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 What they lack of course are the salty veterans of plenty of conflict we have been in for the past 8 years.

Oh, and their equipment is crap.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-09-22 10:41|| 2009-09-22 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Take the West and give the points.

Posted by Hellfish 2009-09-22 12:22|| 2009-09-22 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 well, if they're all in one location....fixing that should be simple.

display the image of a mighty force, a civilized force, a victorious force.
-I think you'd actually have to fight someone to be able to say that, but I digress.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-09-22 13:20|| 2009-09-22 13:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I think they have to say these obvious (to outsiders) untruths. The average Chinese knows that huge sums have been spent on the military. He also knows that corruption is rife in the military. If there's nothing to show for the huge expenditures, then it's just another black mark on the government's record - another blot to which would-be insurrectionists can point.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-09-22 15:22|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-09-22 15:22|| Front Page Top

#8 WMF > NZ "SCOOP" NEWS: CHINA TO BUILD REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MISSLE MONITORING STATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN [South Pacific = mostly Micronesia, Polyn islands.]TO WATCH THE US MILITARY AND SUPPORT POWER PROJECTION. CHIN-LED LOCAL, REGIO ECONOMIC DEV FOLLOWED BY MILITARY VENTURES. E.g. The CHIN-built Station on KIRIBATI can easly recce the US ARMY MISSLE TEST RANGE-BASE AT KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-09-22 19:57|| na]">[na] 2009-09-22 19:57|| Front Page Top

#9 * SAME > A STRONG RUSSIA IS NOT IN CHINA'S BEST STRATEGIC INTERESTS SAVE FOR KEEPING THE US, NATO OUT OF ASIA.

i) STRONG RUSSIA means PERMANENT LOSS OF MONGOLIA + possibly XINJIANG [W,NW China]TO RUSSIAN SPHERE; + OBSTRUCTION OF CHIN'S RISE TO SUPERPOWER STATUS.

ii)WEAK RUSSIA MEANS:

* CHINESE TROOPS CAN MOVE INTO SIBERIA + CENTRAL ASIA [ Pro-Chin "Living Space" in North Asia]
* TOTAL BREAKUP/DISMEMBERMENT OF RUSSIA AS AN SOVEREIGN ORGANIZED ENTITY.
* END OF RUSS-LED REGIONAL, STRATEGIC COMPETITION COMPETITOR AGZ CHINA.
* REDUX OF THREATS TO NORTHERN CHINA e.g. RECOVERY OF MONGOLIA
* ACCESS, CONTROL OF RUSS VAST RESOURCES

* SAME > RUSSIA WILL NOT ACCEPT US MISSLE DEFENSE IN EASTERN EUROPE AS LONG AS THERE IS A US MIL PRESENCE IN OUTER MONGOLIA; + THE LOSS OF THE STRATEGIC HIGH GROUND OF OUTER MONGOLIA TO THE WEST THREATENS THE EXISTENCE OF BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA.

* SAME > AFGHAN INSURGENCY AND US MISSLE DEFENSE IN EASTERN EUROPE IS COVER FOR US STRATEGIC IMPERIALISM IN EURASIA: PAYMENT OF US GLOBAL DEBT BURDENS. ISOLATION OF RUSSIA AND CHINA
[breakup into multiple weak states].

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-09-22 20:15|| na]">[na] 2009-09-22 20:15|| Front Page Top

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