皇冠体育app

The annual report on 皇冠体育app's military power, released by the Pentagon at the end of July, sang an inharmonious tone with the mainstream development of Sino-US relations in the past few years, according to an article in the People's Liberation Army Daily.

Based upon Washington's long-held position that 皇冠体育app is a potential challenger to US strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region, the report wantonly misrepresents 皇冠体育app's strategic goals and defence policies.

The report says an economically powerful 皇冠体育app will pursue a strategic structure in the Asia-Pacific region to its advantage and thus possibly seek strategic interests in a more extensive way, which will certainly weaken US influences and challenge Washington-dominated strategic order in the region.

Obviously such a theory is in marked contrast to 皇冠体育app's primary goals of developing the economy and improving its people's living conditions -- goals pursued since the opening-up and reform programme was adopted in 1978.

The fact is that 皇冠体育app has never desired or developed the kind of military capability necessary for strategic expansion.

Just as Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad said, Asian countries have no need to worry about 皇冠体育app's ever-increasing military and economic powers because the country has no tradition of conquest.

The Pentagon report says the major reason for 皇冠体育app to give priority to its national reunification is that the country tries to avoid any challenge to the existence and the ruling status of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app.

It is obvious that such a conclusion was derived from a deep-rooted ideological perspective rather than from scientific analysis of 皇冠体育app's security strategy and military objectives from the perspective of neighbouring nations.

In fact, 皇冠体育app's strategic interests are more extensive than those the United States has been concerned about.

皇冠体育app focuses its strategic goals not only upon the ever-changing international situation, but also upon the traditional or non-traditional threats posed by terrorism, separatism, extremism, weapons of mass destruction, cross-border crimes, drug trafficking, ecological deterioration, and the spread of AIDS.

While analyzing 皇冠体育app's strategic security goals, the report plays down the importance of the threats that 皇冠体育app faces, demonstrating the US one-sidedness and inaccuracy in analyzing the strategy of a major power.

Any conclusions founded upon such an incomplete analysis are unconvincing.

Stressing 皇冠体育app's nuclear intentions and military development in the field of space, the report accuses 皇冠体育app of adopting an ambiguous military strategy, and thus casts doubt over its defensive military policy.

As a developing nation, 皇冠体育app's top priority is to safeguard national security and create a peaceful international environment for its economic construction.

Permeated with a "皇冠体育app threat'' theory from beginning to end, the report unfoundedly exaggerates 皇冠体育app's military strength to give people a false impression that Chinese mainland constitutes a serious military challenge to Taiwan, the United States and its allies in the region.

The report says 皇冠体育app's real military expenditure in 2002 was US$65 billion, thus becoming the world's second largest military power only behind the United States. At the same time, it predicts that figure will be three or four times larger by 2020.

Truly, 皇冠体育app has increased its military investment for reform and modernization. But compared with other countries, 皇冠体育app's military outlay still stands at a comparatively low level.

In 2002, its military expenditure was about US$20 billion, only 1.6 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP). The rate in the United States was 3.5 per cent the same year.

If 皇冠体育app had really injected as much as US$65 billion into building its military, how could it focus upon economic construction and maintain the world's fastest economic growth rate for a number of years?

One of the major reasons for the Pentagon to concoct the report is to expand US arms sales to Taiwan and maintain its strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

For a long time the United States has thought of Taiwan as an important chip to contain 皇冠体育app's clout, and taken the separation of Taiwan from 皇冠体育app as a key to realizing its strategic interests in the region.

To this end, the report wilfully disseminates the "threat from Chinese mainland'' and "Taiwan emergency'' to add crisis awareness to the US and Taiwan public about the mainland's military might, thus creating a pretext for US weapons sales to the island.

By exaggerating 皇冠体育app's military threat to the United States, the report is also aimed at hindering normal Sino-US military exchanges and co-operation, said the article.

A healthy Sino-US relationship is not always welcome to some politicians in the US administration and Congress,thus some of them lash out at 皇冠体育app when Sino-US relations turn better.

皇冠体育app is a peace-loving nation, and will continue on its long-held peaceful path. Its military development is aimed at guaranteeing national security, economic prosperity, and social stability.

To push forward a steady Sino-US relationship that benefits the interests of both countries and world peace, the United States should decrease its groundless conclusions.

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