The Chinese Threat(s)

I believe it is alive and well.

h/t OP FOR

The Chinese threat, fact or fiction? Allan Topol says "fact."

China now has more than 700 combat aircraft based within un-refueled operational range of Taiwan. China has deployed almost 800 short-range ballistic missiles across from Taiwan. China’s naval force now includes 75 major surface combatants, 55 attack submarines and 50 costal missile patrol crafts. In ground forces, the Peoples Republic Army and the paramilitary Peoples Armed Police have over 4.6 million available troops. In addition, China can draw upon more than 10 million organized military militia members.

Of the total number of ground troops, some 400,000 are deployed to the three military regions opposite Taiwan, an increase of 25,000 over last year. Moreover, China has been upgrading these units with tanks, armored personnel carriers and a substantial increase in the amount of artillery. There is no doubt that China has in place the necessary military resources to launch an all out attack in an effort to recapture Taiwan, which China views as a renegade province. Beyond Taiwan, the report notes, “China has the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States and field disruptive military technologies that could over time offset traditional U.S. military advantages.”

......and this:

One of China's most powerful institutions is planning a major, multifaceted propaganda campaign to discredit the United States in the eyes of the Chinese public and people around the world.

The campaign by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) will use books, essays and articles, and television and home video documentaries to hammer home a number of core messages and themes, including: America's arrogance, insensitivity, and inevitable decline; the right of China to develop according to its needs and historical and cultural circumstances; the negative consequences of US efforts to contain, threaten, or pressure China; and the national obligation to "reunify the motherland," as Chinese officials and spinmeisters are prone to say, or, in plain English, take back Taiwan by any means necessary, including invasion and conquest.

CASS, which this week published a nonfiction book that blames the US for setting back China's economic development in the 1960s, continue here by China Confidential.....