Beijing's expanding military a global issue

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The US Department of Defense's annual report to Congress on "The Military Power of the People's Republic of China" highlighted growing concern, not only among US officials but also regional nations, over the impact of the rapid modernization of China's military forces on regional security, and its belligerence toward Taiwan as the cross-strait military balance has continued to tilt toward China.
The report related that the People's Liberation Army now has 650 CSS-6 and 730 CSS-7 short-range missiles targeted at Taiwan, as well as over 700 aircraft, including a rising share of advanced Su-27 fighters, two-thirds of its naval forces and 375,000 ground troops stationed across from Taiwan.

New findings also remind the world that China is improving its strategic missiles, capable of targeting India, Russia, virtually all of the US, as well as the Asia-Pacific theater as far south as Australia and New Zealand. Beijing's recent engagement in conflicts with its neighbors over territory and resource rights, also illustrate political uncertainties.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/07/25/2003265006

[Maple]

1. Maybe to the US

but nobody else is worried.

[madrchsod]

2. the latest figure i found was at least

15-20 years before the chinese military command struture can match ours. we are already designing and building naval weapon systems to reach any coastal city in china. the navy is designing it`s future for the showdown with the chinese...this is what a have gleamed from "proceedings magazine"

[Java]

4. China doesn't have to match us

All China needs to do is to structure their forces for Asymmetric Warfare to take advantage of our weaknesses and to improve their strategic forces to the point where the United States would not want to risk getting into a conflict.

[Greyhound]

3. What, me worry? n/t