That Murky Threat from China

Posted by Matt in March 5th, 2008

But unlike the old Soviet Union, the Pentagon can’t quite cite a clear and present danger. So it’s pointing to China’s secretiveness as justification for assuming the worst. “The lack of transparency in China’s military and security affairs poses risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation,” the report said. “This situation will naturally lead to hedging against the unknown.” The Pentagon adds that China spent up to $139 billion on its military, up to three times its declared budget (but only about a quarter of the Pentagon’s). “The real story is the continuing development, the continuing modernization, the continuing acquisition of capabilities and the corresponding and unfortunate lack of understanding, lack of transparency about the intentions behind those and the way they’re going to be deployed,” David Sedney, deputy assistant secretary of defense for east Asia, said Monday at a press conference on the China report.

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