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| China's military reforms to 'WIN A WAR' and overtake the US revealed in leaked memo |
| 2018-07-07 |
| Via Drudge. Brought to you by Wall Street and the American consumer. [Express] CHINA’s military reforms have been revealed by leaked internal documents, which indicate Beijing intends to expand its military might offshore so that the country will be allowed to "manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war" and overtake the United States in military strength. The leaked documents were published by the Central Military Commission in February for the purpose of spreading President Xi Jinping’s "thought on strengthening the armed forces". If the reforms go ahead, they will lead to heightened tensions with China’s neighbouring countries, including Japan, in the East and South China Seas and the US. The documents read: "As we open up and expand our national interests beyond borders, we desperately need a comprehensive protection of our own security around the globe." The report adds a military expansion will allow China to "more effectively create a situation, manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war, defend the expansion of our country’s strategic interests in an all-round fashion and realise the goals set by the party and Chairman Xi". It also makes clear from the start that the People’s Liberation Army is in line with the "core" leader Xi Jinping and agrees and adheres to his thought on socialism for a new era. According to Newsweek, the authors argue a "strong military might is important for a country to grow from being big to being strong," indicating that the US, Russia and Japan are the example of it. The document gives particular importance to avoiding the Thucydides Trap, which is when a rising power comes into conflict with a more established enemy. The report said a strong military is the best way to "escape the obsession that war is unavoidable between an emerging power and a ruling hegemony". A direct confrontation with the US is referred to as "a slower vehicle on a curve", which means it is in decline but it also claims the aim of the reforms is to surpass the American military might. |
| Posted by:Fat Bob Gleager4645 |
| #3 IF your military doesn't have a plan to "manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war" then you need new generals.. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-07 04:45 |
| #2 China’s weakness are the sea lanes. Cut off their oil and they are toast. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2018-07-07 00:17 |
| #1 Not suprising. The sea trade lanes in the South China Sea and near Indonesia are the busiest in the world. Who ever controls them controls a lot of the economies of the world. Currently the US keeps them open and anyone that wants to seize control has to deal with the US. China wants this control, hence the artificial islands and the bullying of neighbors in that region. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-07-07 00:11 |