Alienware
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Why are you fretting about the declining powers in the West especially the likes of the French but more so the UK.
Not really fretting about it. On the contrary, I was emphasizing that even a rising power like China with a huge military (that many consider to be the second most powerful on earth) still cannot compete with the "declining powers" like France at range.
France and the UK are both major expeditionary powers - second only to the USA. China wont be able to project military power around the world on levels the same as the UK or France for at least a decade, most likely more.
The word "power" is the ability to exert influence. Thus military power is the ability to exert influence via military means. By this definition, and coming to the conclusion that the UK and France exert significantly more influence around the world vial military means than China. Then ask your self; Who has the most powerful military? I would say the UK and France.
China in its current form can only exert military power in its surrounding region.