US biggest 'threat' to China, says top Chinese military expert

[OhioChick]

Source: The Economic Times of India

27 Apr 2010, 0021 hrs IST,IANS

BEIJING: The US is the greatest "perceived threat" to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and cross-Straits relationship was the most likely subject to provoke a China-US war, a top Chinese military strategist has said.

"The US is the only country capable of threatening China's national security interests in an all-round way," Rear Admiral Yang Yi, former head of strategic studies at the PLA's National Defence University, said last week to a group of visiting senior US officials.

"Japan has no such ability, while Russia has no such motivation and India is more worried about China," Yang said while addressing delegates at the weeklong US-China Government Executive Global Leadership Course that concluded last Friday.

Yang said Beijing was hoping to maintain and develop a stable and healthy relationship with Washington but it also needed to make necessary preparations for any possible threat.

"Fortunately, the risk of a Sino-US confrontation is decreasing due to the relaxation of the Taiwan question," China Daily reported Sunday quoting Yang.



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[Sherman A1]

1. Sounds like budget time rhetoric

or the inflatable US Threat Doll is being pumped up. I suspect China will upgrade it's forces just as any other country, they can defend themselves, but they cannot project power.

[Froward69]

2. Agreed

as it has been going around about cutting defense. "if you are truly worried about the deficit". ~ Bill Maher

[Better Today]

3. Well, duh!, we are the biggest threat to everyone, honestly.

We have the biggest military budget in the world by some huge amount, so I'd say the Chinese are absolutely correct, we are the biggest.

Whether we are their most dire concern? Directly probably not, in that I don't think we will start anything with China directly, however, I could see us crossing a line somewhere else in our imperialism, and indirectly starting a proxy war with China on land that is neither China nor US.