China Building Military at Pace Last Seen in 1930s Germany

HUMAN EVENTS ^ | May 24, 2006 | Jed Babbin

[robowombat]

Chinese dollar holdings make what Japanese banks accumulated look anemic. Moreover, the most the Japanese hankered after was to manipulate the two economies for the long term benefit of some large corporations, banks and insurance companies. The Chinese have their eye on first becoming the hegemon of East Asia and in due course being able to end the politeness regime with the US and become the global hegemon. This will feature so unmistakable actions to degrade the US.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Take your Wal-Mart bashing elsewhere.

[redgolum]

We are going to have a big problem soon.

I expect after the 2008 Olympics, things will get interesting.

[FreedomPoster]

Heck, they bought Bill Clinton. Buying a few Congresscritters is probably peanuts.

[Tench_Coxe]

"The CCP has convinced itself that without the Party there is no China. That is a very dangerous mindset indeed."

I am reading this, fighting the temptation to note any parallels that could be made wrt to some quarters on FR.

[jpsb]

LOL, embrassed to be exposed as a Chicom abologist? Helping support the country that is building up it's military machine for the comming war with the USA? Good I am happy I can shame you, you deserve shame.

[melancton]

LOL, embrassed to be exposed as a Chicom abologist? Helping support the country that is building up it's military machine for the comming war with the USA? Good I am happy I can shame you, you deserve shame.

Didn't we already grant PMFN status to China?     

[jpsb]

China was granted Permanent MFN status in 2000. Prior to that a yearly renewal was required.

[Centurion2000]

What are they going to do with a military that vast? Unless they plan on expansionism like the Soviets did(we saw how that went) there is nothing for them to do.

First they go west into all the little stans to secure a domestic oil supply... then they go North to Siberia.

[Mike Darancette]

being able to end the politeness regime with the US and become the global hegemon.

Where then will we buy junky stuff? China is a long way from being able to project power globally.

Where would China be without it's trade surplus with the USA? China IMHO walks a fine line and will have to make a decision as to whether they want to foster world wide Socialism or they want to be a modern nation.

[robowombat]

You are right that the Chinese walk a fine line. They want all the Outer barbarians to properly respect the innate superiority of the Middle Kingdom and continue to buy Chinese products. At the same time they want to replace the US as the greatest military power on the planet. They are as you say a long way from trying to do that but I suspect they think in decades or longer not today's lamestream evening news or the next poll.

Exporting socialism is not much on the PRC menu. They have basically become in action a true fascist dictatorship complete with hyper-nationalistic appeals to the masses, glorification of the armed forces,chauvinistic historical propaganda, and the myth of the heroic party. On top of which their attitude towards 'the broad masses' is that 'we still have far to many' so they are expendables and spending money on OSHA protections is not only damaging to export supremacy but counterproductive period. The PRC is a true thug state with desires to be super power. Imagine militarist Japan of the 1930's with a billion people.

[pawdoggie]

At the same time they want to replace the US as the greatest military power on the planet.

Can't say that I agree with you on this. I believe that they are concerned with being the preeminent power in Asia (much like the pre-WWII Imperial Japanese military), but with the intent of securing their defense perimeter, on the one hand, and preventing the US military from interfering with their "projects" in Asia, such as invading Taiwan and securing as much of the offshore oil in South Asia as possible. To accomplish these objectives, the Chinese don't have to "match up" in every military category versus the US, they simply have to achieve conventional and asymmetrical military parity in Asia.

[oceanview]

china has the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in the world - thanks to investment from the united states. they are also getting some of the most advanced telecommunications capabilities, and the most advanced auto manufacturing plants. these technoligies, along with whatever they can develop with aerospace - are the keys to a modern military.

[robowombat]

Becoming the undisputed overlord of East Asia is certainly the most significant part of what the Chinese long term strategy. Beyond that I do believe they envision controlling the Central Pacific Ocean space and through presence in places such as Papua and New Caledonia in tandem with their economic clout effectively controlling Australia.

Replacing the United States as Number One is part and parcel of this scheme. Partly it is just the way fascists or Marxists think about power relationships. Someone always has to be dominant and domination is what statist power worshippers are most devoted to. It doesn't mean some notion of 'China conquerers the world' like the Martians in 'War of the Worlds' but it does mean the Chinese want a huge de facto empire in the Pacific just as the Japanese militarist dreamed of and want the arrogant long noses appropriately humbled and made receptive to direction from the Middle Kingdom.

They probably also want to be able to export enough of the Han people to Australia and North America to be able to have a large population that can be counted on to work in tandem with their native American or Australian Quislings to see to it that the appropriate rule of heavenly virtue is instituted.

There are several Freepers who display the affinity in debates about immigration for dollar based advantage outcomes typical of Hong Kong Chinese. I note these same individuals always are ready to slip in how mass immigration of Chinese 'who meet legal standards' would be a good thing. The softening up process for covert subversion by the Chinese is already well underway. It is still just well hidden.

[Kuehn12]

I find this line of reasoning funny, when it comes from us, America. A nation that has spent at least 10 trillion dollars on defense in the last quarter century. This isn't close to what china has spent in the entire period since the end of World War II.

China currently has a navy that is about 1/6 the size of the US Navy and at least fifty times less capable. They lack any real airlift capability, and their air force is at point we were in the early 80s. I could on, but what point is there, many believe that a war with China is inevitable, and in so thinking might make it happen. This is the question are we making to much of China's Military buildup or are we right to be concerned. This is the black space we find ourselves. In confronting China are we making self-fulling prophecy or are addressing a real possibility. Did the oil embargo against Japan create conditions that brought WWII to the pacific. I don't know, and we can't know.

[pawdoggie]

While it's possible that the Chinese might "go for the whole enchilada", if they perceived a power vacuum after they became the undisputed masters of Asia, I think your taking things a bit too far. I just don't see the ChiCom leadership worrying about whether to hold the victory ceremony in San Francisco or D.C. I do believe that they have a pathological desire to avenge themselves on the Japanese, and to force all the countries of Asia to acknowledge Chinese military, economic and cultural superiority.

[Tailgunner Joe]

bttt

[investigateworld]

>>> I do believe that they have a pathological desire to avenge themselves on the Japanese, and to force all the countries of Asia to acknowledge Chinese military, economic and cultural superiority.<<<
Having spent time with PRC 'middle management' types, I agree. The Japs were rather nasty during their last visit.

[Brian Allen]

<< At the rate China is arming our biggest problems may be neither Muslims nor [Central and South American Indians]. >>

Close but no Christmas Box.

At the rate China is arming AND is increasing the numbers of its already many scores of thousands of agents in our every at home and abroard industry, production process, school, college, university, computer developer and manufactory, aircraft manufacturer, nuclear and every other kind of laboratory and government agency and is at the same time inciting, aiding, abetting and facilitating our every domestic and international "problem," including those comprising both Muslims and the criminal alien invasion.

[Brian Allen]

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For which we may all thank eight years of the traitors, Cli'ton.

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