China's Military Rise  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8779 (Apr. 2012), page 11.
Topik: Geographic Profiles; Defense Spending; Armed Forces; Military Weapons; International Relations

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China is on course to become the world's largest military spender in just 20 years or so. Much of its effort is aimed at deterring America from intervening in a future crisis over Taiwan. China is investing heavily in "asymmetric capabilities" designed to blunt America's once-overwhelming capacity to project power in the region. China says all this is defensive, but its tactical doctrines emphasise striking first if it must. For the moment at least, China is far less formidable than hawks on both sides claim. As for China's longer-term intentions, the West should acknowledge that it is hardly unnatural for a rising power to aspire to have armed forces that reflect its growing economic clout. China consistently devotes a bit over 2% of GDP to defence--about the same as Britain and France and half of what America spends. The trouble is that China's intentions are so unpredictable.

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