Is Chinese Military Modernization a Threat to the United States- （上）论文.docVIP

　　Is Chinese Military Modernization a Threat to the United States? （上）论文 .freelent policies and offeringproposals fro reform. Executive Summary The ongoing modernization of the Chinese military poses less of a threat tothe United States than recent studies by the Pentagon and a congressionally mandatedmission have posited.Both studies exaggerate the strength of Chinas militaryby focusing on the modest improvements of specific sectors rather than the still-antiquatedoverall state of Chinese forces.The state of the Chinese military and its mod-ernization must also be put in the context of U.S.interests in East Asia and paredodernization of the U.S.military and other militaries in EastAsia，especially the Taiilitary.Vieilitarymodernization does not look especially threatening. Although not officially calling its policy in East Asia containment ，the UnitedStates has ringed China al and informal alliances and a forilitarypresence.ilitary Poents of foreign military threats.Becausethe department that is creating the threat assessments is the same one that is lobbyingCongress for money for y thatis seemingly groerican con-ventional forces（the brushfire are likely to require only limited forces ），the threat fromChinas armed forces is critical for bringing addition-al money into the Pentagon.The U.S.-China Security Revieissions plicationsof the Economic Relationship beterce pts to place the modernizing Chinese militaryin the con-text of a more balanced and limited vieovedthat is，their focus on recent improvements in Chinese military capabilitiesrather than on the overall state of the Chinese militarythe threat from the Chinesearmed forces is shoodest.The bone-crushing dominance of the U.S.mil-itary remains intact.In fact ，the Chinese mili-tary does not look all that impressiveed forces. Putting the Modernizing Chinese Military in Context Frequently，improvements in the Chinese military are reported in the ilitaryis ignored.The state of theChinese military and hoprove ined