Congressional panel predicts China will keep confronting U.S.

Congressional panel predicts China will keep confronting U.S.

You do not need to be in Congress to know that. The Japanese can expect it as well.

The Asian Pacific countries including the US need to counter this cancerous country while they can.

History repeats itself.....Why expect change now?

"state-sponsored cyberespionage" "an increasingly hostile environment for U.S. business" "military modernization"

Xi is playing the ultranationalist card by casting the US and the West as trying to subjugate China. It's the most effective tool to keep a mostly uninformed population in control and keep the Chinese political elite in power.

Considering China teaches its children that they are somehow owed superpower status, almost a certainty.

The incoming elected governor of Okinawa is aligned with China and Russia and will have a communist agenda. This is why Tokyo must push the building of the Henoko base.

U.S. needs to take active and offensive agenda against cyber warfare worldwide by let them taste their own bitter pills.

first fair question is; How many foreign countries did China invade or occupy in the last 100 years. second fair question is; how many subs and ships does China keep in the close proximity of continental USA. Worlds most brutal and trackless aggressor is afraid that China will develop enough power to render USA relevant in the region that is far from USA but in Chinas backyard. I a long run Japan will have no choice but to find the way for a amicable coexistence with China and abandon its dependence on its overseas big controlling brother.

@Zvonka Tibet, North Korea, Vietnam, India

In the long run Japan will have to defend itself or become part of the "third island chain". The very fact that you consider Japan "China's back yard" shows your intent.

Newspapers will sell you anything so they can keep selling arms. I have to admit, scipantheist probably understands the truth of the matter more than anybody else. If I make mention of the powers behind it, my post gets erased.

@scipantheist, the last 100 years Japan has Invade most of South East Asia, Korea and China, act of cruelty unit 731, Rape of Nanjing just to mention a few.

As for Tibet it is internal matter, Vietnam just border war incursion and withdraw, India they start the ball rolling do go and read up history regarding it, best of all is Korea, UN and US troop are pushing all the way to China border do you expect them to sit tight and let US do whatever it want.

The report are fear monger, US need a punching bag, China just fit it requirement as they are Communist, unlike US hypocrite democracy, example Snowden.

@chubbychub Example invalid. Snowden is not just a private citizen. He swore an oath to protect the secrets he gave away, for better or worse. Democracy is inherently more respectful of human rights than what China has going on.

scipantheist

You need to add Soviet Union and East Turkestan to the list as well.

@Zvonko - agree 100%.

@scipantheist "Democracy is inherently more respectful of human rights than what China has going on." Really? Between 1981-2008, China lifted 600 million people out of poverty. That's the best indicator of human rights. You go to some poor African countries and ask families there - Which one would you choose: having enough to eat or having the right to vote? I'm gonna say the vast majority of families would choose the former.

@maglev101 I think that ignores the fact that there is no rationale for a democracy to have less economic performance than any other government system. There are dozens and dozens of middle tier economies that got there because of their democracy, not in spite of it.

@maglev101

How many were inprisoned, tortured and/or killed by the CPC after they gained power? How about the amount of corruption by CPC officials and military?

Found out one of my old aquaintances from Hong Kong is now making a long-term to permanent move to Osaka Japan. She's always had a nip in her bud about Japan due to being taught to hold a grudge for something that happen to her grandparents/great grandparents, but ever since the CCP started telling Hong Kong who they get to vote for and what their children are going to be taught from now on she's seems to be warming up to Japan a lot more.

The CCP is an issue, but I personally believe that the idiotic pandering that lead to the idea that China would become more "democratic" the more economically powerful they became (under the CCP... no way no how.). Many country's had corporations throwing their money (and technology) over at the cheap ol' labor (and less safety laws) that the CCP provided and everyone is getting the fruits of their labor. Their tech has been stolen (didn't have to give them the blue prints, just kept sending stuff over to be put together into a complete product!), the CCP is trying to buy up business and property in different nations to fill their coffers up so they can redirect it to building a military that can "expand" the CCPs interests, such as gobbling up resources from surrounding nations, "revenge" on Japan etc.

Somewhere out there is news of a Chinese billionaire being arrested for advocating for a democratic system in China. His money was re-appropriated into the CCPs coffers which goes to show even wealth won't change their desire for strangle hold power over the people.

It's pretty hard to justify the CCP's butchery over the decades. The question here is how much of a threat China poses to its neighbours rather than to its own people. China doesn't have a sense of invading and remaking countries in their own image but historically does regard itself as the natural power of this area and deserving of what that entails. I've met many Chinese who ask if the US is not an imperial power or a subjugator, why do they have a gargantuan military, get involved in 'interventions' all over the world and have bases all over the world? They also ask why the China is portrayed as a greater threat to other nations given that the US has been pretty much constantly involved in invasions, wars and bombings since WW2. They are very good questions.

Imperialists usually start putting up colonies in conquered nations. Iraq, Japan, Afghanistan, etc do not have little enclaves of American suburbs in those nations nor boatloads (or is that plane loads?) of American's travelling to those countries to stay permanently and situating an American politician to head their governments.

Subjugators would start imposing English language only schools and treating conquered nations indigenous population as slaves/servant's etc.

America has been in a war every decade since it's founding except for the 1930s where they couldn't get out of bed with defecating on their own feat

America has been in a war every decade since it's founding except for the 1930s where they couldn't get out of bed with defecating on their own feat

That's the price you pay for freedom.

'That's the price you pay for freedom'

More like the price you pay to the arms industry.

China is not a democracy, but its not trying to force the rest of the countries to take the same type of goverment, neither was invading other countries with the flag of democracy. In general terms, democracy is the less bad of types of goverment, but can exist particular cases where a no democratic goverment could work better that a democratic one. The point is not how China is managing its domestic issues; the point is what it is doing outside. And I dont see China invading other countries or making revolutions around the world like USA does, with the incomparable costs for the human rights it brings. I see China that only want to have a position of no submission respect USA.

Rescind NAFTA, impose a tariff on all imports from China, and Chinese GDP will plummet. As Chinese exports decline, their ability to build their military will decline. Reciprocal Chinese tariffs on imports will have a much smaller impact, since there is a huge balance of payments imbalance.

If they were wise, Chinese leaders would realize that their power resides in their economic strength, not in their military strength.

Those warmonger from US and Japan will only believe what they wanted, no matter the truth. @chubbychub Example invalid. Snowden is not just a private citizen, what happen to Assang.

@scipantheist

You want we can dig out more of US dirty hands in every wars or revolts from South and central America, Africa, Middle east and South east Asia for the last 100 years.

I see China that only want to have a position of no submission respect USA.

That's the problem. The CCP wants to ignore the international community on every matter of importance. Even the US cannot do that.

You want we can dig out more of US dirty hands in every wars or revolts from South and central America, Africa, Middle east and South east Asia for the last 100 years.

Please do! You will note that the US hasn't invaded anything in the last 20 years other than the failed states of Iraq and Afghanistan. And we occupy exactly 0 states at present. Just because China was too weak in the past to participate in the cold war doesn't mean it isn't a threat today.

Congressional panel predicts rain this winter....

I suppose I should concede that the US is technically occupying Afghanistan until 2016, but with the permission of the Afghan government.

@scipantheist A empire with enough military strenght (like USA) can invade every country and ocupe it arging the permition of the local goverment, do you know why? Because this new goverment will be the one that is aligned with the invader because the invader won the war and everywhere you can find people that could convert in the invaders ally. In the other hand, I believe in the self-goverment of any state no matter that other country consider it a fail state; its the most fundamental principle for me. Besides all the countries USA have invaded or caused revolutions have ended much worst than in the begining. And for finish, I dont think anyone have the right of call a fail state any country, because only they know their real problems, which is the context where they happen and which are the real possiblities of make something about it.

@arcieres We have these things called elections that are subject to international monitoring. I love the people that think that the US can convert huge numbers of anti-american populations to enhance some sort of imperialist agenda. Or the alternative answer is they just want some troops there to prevent the beheaders and rapists from taking over.

I believe in the self-goverment of any state no matter that other country consider it a fail state; its the most fundamental principle for me.

And here we have a major point of disagreement between China and the west. The west is not happy that North Korea exists. You apparently are.

The only way of stop the imperialism is to respect the self-goverment of every country and dont intervine in the internal problems of the other countries. Only its justified to make a war in strictly own defense, in other case the most a country should be able to do against other, is to not make business with them or isolate them. But USA only take the last way if the other country is strong enough and cant just defeat it and make what they want.

There is a story just today of China building an airstrip in contested waters in the South China Sea. I think it should be clear to all free-thinking people who the real bully is.

@Yea, I respect North Korea in the same way I expect Nort Korea respect South Korea. By the way, its curious that you speak of the " called elections that are subject to international monitoring" because when the argument of democracy is aligned with the USA interests it is utilised by them; but for example when in Egipto won democratically the group that wasnt aligned with USA, americans overthrowed this goberment negotiating with leads of the armed forces, and put other goverment in opposition of respect the majority of peoples votes. Even more, USA jailed the leaders of the overthrown goverment and didnt let them to participate again in elections, haha. USA can name rebelds or terrorists the same people only in funtion of is they are or are not aligned with USA interests.

@arcieres There is no proof the US directed the downfall of of the Brotherhood government in Egypt. You have to have proof for such a claim. I, for one, regret that we allied with the junta afterwards, and there is a lot of evidence the US government was not thrilled, either.

@scipantheist - That's the problem. The CCP wants to ignore the international community on every matter of importance. Even the US cannot do that.

You mean like the US did when it invaded Iraq to rid it of "WMD"?