“… the danger will grow that deterrence will fail and China will use force …’
A new report reveals potentially troubling signs of an increase in the size and capability of China’s national army.
The U. S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission began presenting its annual report to Congress this week.
And the commission, created by Congress 18 years ago to study military and economic relations between the two countries, had deeply worrying conclusions.
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As the Washington Free Beacon reported, some of the commission’s findings point to a ramp-up in military might ahead of a possible conflict between the People’s Liberation Army of China and U. S. armed forces.
It appears from the information released this week, however, that Chinese officials maintain a central focus on increasing power and dominance across Asia.
The report found that the “United States and its allies and partners are facing a China more capable and increasingly confident in its ability to use the military as a tool to intimidate countries throughout the Indo-Pacific and support the expansion of its global interests.”
China’s current efforts to modernize and expand the nation’s military come after 20 years of advancement that has placed the PLA among the world’s most powerful forces.
As the commission reported, the Chinese military has already proven “capable of contesting U. S. operations in the region, presenting challenges to the U. S. military’s longstanding assumption of enjoying ground, air, maritime, and information dominance in a conflict in the post-Cold War era.
