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China Is Conducting an Arms Race with the US in Order to Surpass the US
China was upset by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s statements concerning South China Sea disputes during an ASEAN security gathering in July 2010. China had the impression that the US wanted to contain it; therefore it began to step up development of its navy.
US President Obama’s unprecedented participation in ASEAN summit meeting on November 11, 2011 and announcement of America’s return to Asia further encouraged China’s neighbors to confront China in their border disputes with China. China realized US earnest desire to encircle it. It began to form an alliance with Russia while beginning an arms race with the US in earnest.
In addition to the busy testing of its aircraft carrier and trial operation of its satellite GPS system, it launched its third 071 landing platform dock (LPD) in September 2011. Type 071 LPD is a 20,000-ton amphibious transport dock similar to the US-built San Antonio-class LPD. With a range of 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) and a capacity to carry 500-800 troops, 15-20 armored vehicles and 6 helicopters, it will be quite useful if China has to solve South China Sea disputes by force. The three warships are all in service now.
In order to get Russian military technology, China joined Russia in vetoing UN resolution on Syria. As a result, Putin told Russian officials Russian sales of weapons to China are political so as to overcome their opposition to the sales as they feared a stronger China might become a threat to Russia.
China Dream Includes the Dream for a Militarily Powerful China
In 2009, under the influence of Maoist sinocentric cosmology, PLA (People’s Liberation Army) senior colonel Liu Mingfu published his leftist book “China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post American Era” to reject Hu Jintao’s idea of China’s peaceful rise and advocate instead China’s “military rise”. Liu believes that China’s goal shall be to surpass the United States and become world number one militarily. The book was an instant success and soon sold out. However, Hu Jintao banned reprinting of the book due to its leftist theory that pursues military hegemony.
Xi Jinping, however, thinks that he can exploit it to greatly facilitate his reform. He expands Liu Mingfu’s China dream into a dream for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Soon after he came to power, he brought all the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) members to visit “The Road Toward Renewal” exhibition in Beijing. There, he said that the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation was the greatest China dream for the Chinese nation now and called on people to strive to make the dream come true.
What does China Dream means for Chinese military?
The day after November 29 when Xi Jinping talked about China dream, for the first time, Liu Mingfu received a phone call from his publisher that reprinting of his book was allowed. It seems Liu’s idea on surpassing the United States and become world number one militarily is acceptable.
To make it clearer, when Xi Jiping visited Chinese navy on April 11, 2013, he talked about the dream for a militarily powerful China to emphasize that his China dream includes the dream for a militarily powerful China.
For Xi Jinping and most Chinese people, China dream means making China powerful to avoid a repetition of China’s history of being bullied by foreign powers for nearly a century. Chinese people regard US support for Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in their territorial disputes with China as bullying China. That is why common Chinese people have such enthusiasm in China’s weapon development.
Since then, Chinese TV stations have begun to broadcast programs on China’s weapon development and comparison of Chinese weapons with foreign ones. They also have the programs on military situation. Those programs soon became very popular.
Chinese People’s Arms Craze in Imitating “Aircraft Carrier Style”
China’s official TV station CCTV’s footage of China’s first successful landings of a jet fighter aboard its aircraft carrier has an image of two crew members on the ship wearing bright yellow vests and helmets and using their outstretched right arms to point and direct a J-15 jet, while their left arms remain behind their backs.
The image had soon gone viral. Lots of Chinese web users were so happy at the news that they posted photos of themselves imitating the crew’s poses and dubbed the poses as “Aircraft Carrier Style”.
Since Xi Jinping has been so successful in arousing Chinese people enthusiasm for the dream for a militarily powerful China, will he refuse Chinese military’s reasonable demand for funding development of advanced weapons when the amount required exceeds by far China’s military budget. He will not refuse as long as China can afford.
China’s tax income grows rapidly along with its economic growth. In addition, there is the income from state-owned enterprises at Chinese government’s disposal. Moreover, lots of corrupt officials’ assets have been confiscated in the anti-corruption campaign while the mass line campaign has greatly reduced government’s spending for construction of luxurious government office buildings and officials’ residential buildings, purchase of luxurious cars and enjoying luxurious banquets. The funds saved can be used to fund military buildup.
Obviously the increase in funds and scientists’ and engineers’ enthusiasm in pursuing their China dream to make China militarily powerful will enable China to surpass the United States as soon as possible.
Article by Chan Kai Yee
China was upset by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s statements concerning South China Sea disputes during an ASEAN security gathering in July 2010. China had the impression that the US wanted to contain it; therefore it began to step up development of its navy.
US President Obama’s unprecedented participation in ASEAN summit meeting on November 11, 2011 and announcement of America’s return to Asia further encouraged China’s neighbors to confront China in their border disputes with China. China realized US earnest desire to encircle it. It began to form an alliance with Russia while beginning an arms race with the US in earnest.
In addition to the busy testing of its aircraft carrier and trial operation of its satellite GPS system, it launched its third 071 landing platform dock (LPD) in September 2011. Type 071 LPD is a 20,000-ton amphibious transport dock similar to the US-built San Antonio-class LPD. With a range of 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) and a capacity to carry 500-800 troops, 15-20 armored vehicles and 6 helicopters, it will be quite useful if China has to solve South China Sea disputes by force. The three warships are all in service now.
In order to get Russian military technology, China joined Russia in vetoing UN resolution on Syria. As a result, Putin told Russian officials Russian sales of weapons to China are political so as to overcome their opposition to the sales as they feared a stronger China might become a threat to Russia.
China Dream Includes the Dream for a Militarily Powerful China
In 2009, under the influence of Maoist sinocentric cosmology, PLA (People’s Liberation Army) senior colonel Liu Mingfu published his leftist book “China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post American Era” to reject Hu Jintao’s idea of China’s peaceful rise and advocate instead China’s “military rise”. Liu believes that China’s goal shall be to surpass the United States and become world number one militarily. The book was an instant success and soon sold out. However, Hu Jintao banned reprinting of the book due to its leftist theory that pursues military hegemony.
Xi Jinping, however, thinks that he can exploit it to greatly facilitate his reform. He expands Liu Mingfu’s China dream into a dream for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Soon after he came to power, he brought all the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) members to visit “The Road Toward Renewal” exhibition in Beijing. There, he said that the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation was the greatest China dream for the Chinese nation now and called on people to strive to make the dream come true.
What does China Dream means for Chinese military?
The day after November 29 when Xi Jinping talked about China dream, for the first time, Liu Mingfu received a phone call from his publisher that reprinting of his book was allowed. It seems Liu’s idea on surpassing the United States and become world number one militarily is acceptable.
To make it clearer, when Xi Jiping visited Chinese navy on April 11, 2013, he talked about the dream for a militarily powerful China to emphasize that his China dream includes the dream for a militarily powerful China.
For Xi Jinping and most Chinese people, China dream means making China powerful to avoid a repetition of China’s history of being bullied by foreign powers for nearly a century. Chinese people regard US support for Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in their territorial disputes with China as bullying China. That is why common Chinese people have such enthusiasm in China’s weapon development.
Since then, Chinese TV stations have begun to broadcast programs on China’s weapon development and comparison of Chinese weapons with foreign ones. They also have the programs on military situation. Those programs soon became very popular.
Chinese People’s Arms Craze in Imitating “Aircraft Carrier Style”
China’s official TV station CCTV’s footage of China’s first successful landings of a jet fighter aboard its aircraft carrier has an image of two crew members on the ship wearing bright yellow vests and helmets and using their outstretched right arms to point and direct a J-15 jet, while their left arms remain behind their backs.
The image had soon gone viral. Lots of Chinese web users were so happy at the news that they posted photos of themselves imitating the crew’s poses and dubbed the poses as “Aircraft Carrier Style”.
Since Xi Jinping has been so successful in arousing Chinese people enthusiasm for the dream for a militarily powerful China, will he refuse Chinese military’s reasonable demand for funding development of advanced weapons when the amount required exceeds by far China’s military budget. He will not refuse as long as China can afford.
China’s tax income grows rapidly along with its economic growth. In addition, there is the income from state-owned enterprises at Chinese government’s disposal. Moreover, lots of corrupt officials’ assets have been confiscated in the anti-corruption campaign while the mass line campaign has greatly reduced government’s spending for construction of luxurious government office buildings and officials’ residential buildings, purchase of luxurious cars and enjoying luxurious banquets. The funds saved can be used to fund military buildup.
Obviously the increase in funds and scientists’ and engineers’ enthusiasm in pursuing their China dream to make China militarily powerful will enable China to surpass the United States as soon as possible.
Article by Chan Kai Yee
