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CHINA GETTING NAVY READY FOR WAR
December 6 2011
Beijing, China – While there may have been some scepticism in the late 1990’s, there is no doubt now that China will be the next major superpower. Already the second largest economy in the world and expanding rapidly, the country’s growth over the last decade in particular has been remarkable and pushed the nation closer to what many have seen as inevitable for years.
As is the case with all superpowers, China’s strength isn’t just in the economy. The growing influence of the nation has also meant growth into a power broker in a number of fields including cultural hegemony and military prowess. It is that latter initiative that has been the focus of late and the one which concerns most China observers.
Military growth, though, is inevitable. Flush with cash China has lots to spend and lots to defend, meaning that military will inevitably start to expand.
For now, China is still well behind the global military leader, the United States, and while formidable much of their equipment is outdated and their soldiers poorly trained.
Because of that, engaging in serious conflict with any advanced military would likely be a losing equation for the Chinese no matter the size of the opponent, but that hasn’t stopped them preparing for such an engagement, something they may very well go out and seek themselves if it doesn’t come to them soon.
“The Navy should accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security. Our work must closely encircle the main theme of national defence and military building,” said President Hu Jintao to the Central Military Commission.
The U.S. reacted to the news diplomatically, saying that China had the right to fortify themselves so long as they did it transparently and under the direction of the United States, something which has cause tension inside China in the past.
China is the United States second largest trading partner, and the United States is China’s number one partner.
“It’s not exactly clear what China is preparing for. They have said in the past that they external forces in the region should be on alert but the only external naval forces in the area are U.S. ships, specifically around Japan and South Korea. Basically the U.S. is the only power in the area so they must be talking about them,” said Scrape TV High Seas analyst Ricardo Fuentes. “Getting into a scrap with the United States right now would likely not be a great idea. They are poorly equipped in the sea and the United States has the largest navy ever created so it would be a tough fight and not one that China should really risk at this stage.”
Recently the U.S. deployed Marines to Australia which many in China have regarded as an advanced invasion force.
“The U.S. is still, by far, the dominant force in the region and world and China, as eager as they are to test their new toys, should be cautious about how far they push them. It’s great for nationalism, but to actually fight would be something else entirely,” continued Fuentes. “You wouldn’t want to sink the ship before it set out to sail, figuratively and literally. But mostly literally. Yeah, mostly literally. It wouldn’t really be a fair fight.”
China, on the other hand, believes it would be.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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