China military policy paper lays out worries about U.S.

[cory777]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - China said on Thursday it faced an increasingly "volatile" Asian region where the United States has expanded its strategic footprint, maintaining that better military ties between Beijing and Washington rested on respect for each other's interests.

China's People's Liberation Army spelled out its concerns about U.S. intentions in a policy paper setting out broad priorities for Beijing's growing military forces.

The "white paper" said that while China wants to avoid military confrontation and focus on growing its economy, it sees potential security challenges across the region, many of them bound up with Washington's web of alliances and military forces across Asia, including on the tense Korean peninsula.

"Profound changes are taking shape in the Asia-Pacific strategic landscape. Relevant major powers are increasing their strategic investment," said China's defense white paper for 2010 which, despite its date, was released only on Thursday.

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[jtuck004]

1. We should move a third of our purchasing immediately to Japan (because they need it)

and back to sources in the U.S. Get some higher prices, less demand, employ some people.

We don't want to be where we aren't wanted.

Maybe they are seeing opportunity, with our military capability being spread out a little.

[avebury]

2. China is better off focusing on their economy.

Remember not so long ago the Soviet Union fell partly because it could not keep pace with American military spending. If we are not careful, we could become the Soviet Union to China if we end up in a military spending race. China can be just as effective through the economy. Historically, countries decline when they spend too much money on wars and the military.

[David__77]

3. That's what China is doing.

Also, it spends a lower portion of its economic output on the military than does the US. That is wise. I do not see this changing. They will have large increases each year, but that is because their economy is growing. And beyond that, they are focusing their military expenditures smartly.