Quote: After reading all the posts in this forum I have but one question to ask. What is America's stand on China. They continue to hold bombing tests as the rest of the world argues about disarming Iraq. They have recently backed out of a disarming treaty yet no world uproar. Ah but if China was a world leader in crude oil production I think it would be a different story.
To be put it simply because China isn't a significant threat.
Well, they are "significant", but their threats are not. They haven't made significant threats against the US in some time, and are ever-so-slowly removing traces of communism from their government and becoming a free-market capitalist society.
We can't go around dis-arming every nation, especially ones as big and powerful as China is. Nor can we risk pissing them off too terribly much -- By some estimates, within 25 years the economies of India and China will outpace those of the EU and Russia and within 50 years their economies can outpace the rest of the world combined.
There is little doubt that China will become a true Superpower (unlike what the USSR was) in the future. It's better to start normalizing relations now before they have more leverage than you do.
Very good overview. China and the US are still two VERY big bears eyeing each other with suspicion and doubt, but we are trying to find and secure common ground between us. It also helps that some of China's leadership is becoming somewhat more open to democratic thought and goals.
We've still a ways to go, as China dumps a rather large number of weapons and technology into countries that we don't necessairily care for and have serious concerns about...
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