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Old 07-15-2005, 03:12 PM  
Rich
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Originally Posted by Shoplifter
This is American fearmongering. The PLA is little more than an armed conscript mob. In time perhaps more...but not now.

Has anyone here actually been to China?

I taught English in China for almost two years, but that was a long time ago. China's military buildup is not American fear mongering, maybe 20 years ago they were what you described, but you clearly haven't been paying attention to their military budget. They are developing a high tech military, including an air force and navy. If they're not ready to take Taiwan yet, which almost everyone who studies foreign affairs agrees they are, they will be within the next two years. This is well known. You're talking like it's 1985 and they're still driving around on bikes. China has developed faster than any nation in the history of mankind.
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