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Honor guards of the Three Services of the Chinese People's Liberation Army drill during a training session in Beijing in July.

Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon issued fresh warnings

Wednesday that China's military expansion could stir up newtensions and provoke dangerous misunderstandings

"The pace and scope of China's sustained military investment haveallowed China to pursue capabilities we believe are potentiallydestabilizing to regional military balances, increase the risk of

misunderstanding and miscalculation and may contribute to regionaltensions and anxieties," Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense forEast Asia Michael Schiffer said.

"Such capabilities could increase Beijing's options to use military

force to gain diplomatic advantage, advance its interests or resolvemilitary disputes in its favor."

The annual survey of defense and security issues involving China

has produced a litany of short-term and ongoing concerns in recentyears. Past reports have focused on increased overall spending onthe military; the enhanced range of ballistic and anti-ship missiles;

the military's lack of transparency and expanded power-projectioncapability; and increased spending on efforts to break into U.S.military computers.

A consistent theme in the reports has been the potential threat theCommunist nation's military growth poses to regional stability and to

Taiwan in particular.

A classified report was presented to Congress and an83-page version was made public.

U.S. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, chairman of the

House Armed Services Committee, said Congress "willreview this assessment in greater detail" in the comingweeks but noted two things that stood out in the report:

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Pentagon warns of potential problemswith militarily strong ChinaBy Charley Keyes, CNN Senior National Security Producer

August 24, 2011 8:37 p.m. EDT

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no balance, the US does whatever they wish.

The irony is that without the West buying all the cheap crap from China they wouldn't

have money to buy food let alone military equipment. Cheap product and quick profit

turns into a military power....while the US is bankrupt and becoming a Third World

country33

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agogitsome

If you were Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea.. would you like

to have China exerting its power over you?8

sweetsharon 2 years agogitsome

I wonder how the Iraqis are feeling after millions of their brothers and

sisters have been killed by American bombs and bullets, and their country bombed

back to the stone age. I wonder how the Laotians are feeling after Americans

bombed their country, dumped agent orange on their forests and farms, dropped

tens of thousands of landmines on their country. And the Laotians were not even

at war with the USA! Mmm, John1113, talking about Vietnam, USA killed millions of

Vietnamese and bombed and dumped tons and tons of agent orange into Vietnam!

And I wonder how many Arab countries would like AMerica to be their neighbour.

Americans should do a self examination of their fau lts before they criticise others.7

Reinhart t 2 years agogitsome

The Pentagon said nothing about matching strengths. It will take a half a

century or more to match the military output of the US. Centuries if we compare it

to NATO. The point was the destabilizing concern. No countries in the region trust

China, so when it renovates its aircraft carrier, everyone in the vicinity ups their

military in some form to counter it. That's escalation. That's destabilizing.2

proudpk 2 years ago

still better than america because they didnt invade any country and killed

millions of civilians..america is talking against china while wearing chinese bikini and

borrowed one trillion dollar already.can one imagine the shamelessness of america???31

Guest 2 years agoproudpk

They actually have invaded 6 countries and have also killed millions of

civilians. pro-tip: study some history before you spout off31

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agoproudpk

Yeah.. let's not forget Tienanmen Square or Tibet.. They would just as

soon as snuff you out too.14

Thoughtocrat 2 years agoproudpk

You are an idiot! The Chinese has been invading countries and

killing/oppressing millions of civilians everywhere in Asia. The part of Mongolia, now

"affectionately" called "Inner Mongolia", part of Kashmir, Tibet, and Laos, just to

name a few. Chinese influence over Central Asian countries have turned these

countries into dumps, and they still continue to do so. I cannot imagine the stupidity

of you.

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sweetsharon 2 years agoproudpk

The Americans snuffed out millions of Iraqis and tens of thousands of

Afghans. They snuffed out milions and millions of Vietnamese. tens of thousands of

Laotians. The USA provided arms to Saddam to kill thousands of Iranians. The

USA supported Marcos to rape his own country and killed thousands of muslim

Filipinos. USA supported cruel dictators in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and in

Asia. USA even snuffed out almost all the native Americans.

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xelxx 2 years agoproudpk

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where r Native Indian Americans?killed by Chinese?3

Nei l cass idy 2 years agoproudpk

Your bad English indicates to me you are one of the Chinese

government's cronies. What about the trillion+ dollars of technology and other IP

that China has stolen from the U.S.? You talk about shameless?3

xelxx 2 years agoproudpk

where is Native Indian Americans?killed by chinese?1

TomHai ley 2 years agoproudpk

I'm glad they are increasing there military capability because now they can

stamp out the fundamentalist Uyghur Muslims in the west of China. Which by the

way are reviving most of their training in Pakistani camps.1

Northern2012 2 years ago

China has every right to expand and modernize its Military forces.29

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agoNorthern2012And has every right to threaten its ne ighbors, deny access to Pacific

waters.. claim resources it wants.. Spread corruption to every part of the world and

ultimately kill all those who disagree. Looks like Hitler teamed up with the wrong

country.

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Northern2012 2 years agoNorthern2012

john1113,Are you scared ? I like countries that criticize other nations but

always seem to forget to clean up their own mess. I smell hypocrisy.10

sweetsharon 2 years agoNorthern2012

USA was the sole power threatening everybody else in the Pacific. Nowthis mafia has competition, and that is a no-no? Now USA cannot just take what it

wants for free?2

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agoNorthern2012

I'm not scared at all. I know where I stand in this world. And I know who my

allegiance is with. I have nothing to fear..not even fear itself. I know that no matter

what happens..My family and I are perfectly safe. DO you really think you are

safe? Hypocrisy? Surely you jest.

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BleavingSoon 2 years agoNorthern2012

And might as well take over the world0

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agoNorthern2012

Besides.. you'd probably give your left butt cheek just to be able to come

this country.0

sweetsharon 2 years ago

What's the fuss? Is the USA the only country allowed to have a strong military?

Who gave USA that right? Not God, I am sure. China has a right to develop its military so

that it does not get pushed around. As for the track record, the USA has been the most

aggressive nation on earth, often attacking other nations. It is currently at war at four

different battle fronts. It has always been at war at any point of time since WW2. It

supports or has supported the most number of dictators, including the Shah, Mubarrak,

Saudi king, Bahrain king, Yemen and Tunisian regimes, a whole bunch of Latin American

dictators. It had supported military regimes in Taiwan (before it became a democracy)

and Thailand. It has supported Marcos regime. China's military is at least 2 generations

behind the USA and is definitely not a threat to US security. The Pentagon is doing a

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hoohah because the generals want more budgets to buy more toys for the military, and

who knows who gets some financial gravy dropped by the wayside . The arms lobbyists

want some money, and the arms producers want contracts. That's the real reason.25

sweetsharon 2 years agosw eetsharon

BCJJonah1111: From all data I have seen on the news, USA is the world's

biggest pollutant in absolute term and on per capita term is even worse. USA is

also the biggest carbon dioxide pollutant. As for human rights, USA has killed

millions of Iraqis, tens of thousands of Afghans. What human rights record is that?

Of course if we dig history back a few decades more, it is even worse.Discrimination and segregation of blacks, natives, US born Japanese etc. Even

now, there is discrimination against Latinos and Asians. If you travel around the

world a bit more then you will know that Americans are the most disliked. The UGLY

AMERICAN is still very alive. What cheap knockoffs? Obviously Americans like

China made goods , and that's why USA keep importing them.7

BCJonah1111 2 years agosw eetsharon

No problem but unfortunately China`s pathetic human

rights legislation and the fact that they kept polluting the planet with their cheap

knock offs pisses a lot of people off...4


BCJonah1111: Sorry I am not against China. And I am not against the USA

either actually. I just think that China has a right to progress and develop, and that

Americans should not treat them like enemies, otherwise it is becomes a self-

fulfilling prophecy. China is not perfcct in human rights but which country is? Also

they have come a long way over the past fifty years. It is a very complex country

with many diverse population and very difficult to govern. The important thing is

that the country is heading in the right direction.3


sweetsharon: nice of you to compliment our beautiful country but I still

stand behind my opinion of China... would you not agree with me? This article is

referring to China.. so lets put them on the hot seat...3


BCJonah1111: It does not matter whether you are Canadian. What I said

about the USA still stand. I am not criticising Canana. It is a lot more peaceful

country.3


sweetsharon - Who mentioned the US?... I`m a Canadian....

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ang2000 2 years ago

Good America can a lways borrow money from CHina and expamd the military

capacity and send carrier to its greatest debtor China's door and point finger at them

"war monger".

Are Americans the one who own a shotgun whi,le accusing others' owning a kitchen

knife?

The answer is yes. We all know.20

Celest ialOne 2 years agoang2000

john1113,

You are the idiot ! "The amount of money borrowed from China doesn't amount tomuch at all ?" I suppose Biden was in China for sight seeing.

1

j oh n1 11 3 2 years agoang2000

ID10T. Under-educated hillbilly. The amount of money borrowed from

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world of death and destruction... If you hate America now..I'm going to laugh at

much you wish for death when China takes control.. funny. :)1

koswinner 2 years ago

And the 'good guy' has been the most active country in terms of foreign

invasion, while the 'bad guy' has been behaving quite peacefully in comparison..20

Exp0se1 2 years ago

What, the US is the only country allowed to have a powerful military?20

abuabbn 2 years ago

You red necks better behave yourself. Your new landlords will be Chinese.15

SuperJase 2 years agoabuabbn

Racist!3

ORlyBird 2 years agoabuabbn

O RRY?0

Ameri ca Su ck s 2 years ago

Who has attacked more countries in the world after world war II, obviously USA

15

Amer ic aSu ck s 2 years agoAmericaSucks

yes i suck I am USA5

bets02 2 years agoAmericaSucks

u suck5

chesh i re22 2 years agoAmericaSucks

Define..."country."

1

virj 2 years ago

Why should the Pentagon's worries be taken seriously? In Libya, diplomacy

was of no use, military force was the only thing that the US was interested in using. If it's

OK for the US then it's OK for everyone else too, including China. US needs to practice

what it preaches or stop preaching.14

virj 2 years agovirj

ShovelingSnw: so US sent even more jets to bomb every neighborhoods.

Even the Chinese have enough moral values left not to do this today! US has lost

any right to speak of moral values, never mind anything else.5


ShovelingSnw: believe what you want. Blame who you want. But wouldn't

believe any crap from anybody who tells me they know that the current

humanitarian disaster in Libya is less that if the Libyian gov't was allowed to take

out the rebels. What makes you think that you know this? You have a crystal

ball? Are you capable of seeing the future? If you can, you will also know that the

US mission in Libya is 50% propaganda to make sure you repeat what you are told.2

Shovel ingSnw 2 years agovirj

The bigger picture is how many would have died if no intervention had

occurred. In this case, the UN said it was a humanitarian disaster waiting to

happen. Something that doesn't happen with smart bombs.2

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When NATO searches for targets, water supplies are needed for civilians

and army, so they destroy water supplies to kill the army (and civilians are only

collateral damage). The list goes on and on and on of civilian target that were also

destroyed. All those people they targeted and missed but got everyone else

nearby. I guess for you, all these are just collateral damages. The US has been

doing 9/11 to many others for a long time, just in a not so obvious way.2 Share

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