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castille · Oct 27, 2003, 08:12 am

China has a superpower mentality - for the last 4000 years.

The defeats by the West during the 1800s and early 1900s has in fact fueled that drive to become a superpower. Mao could not achieve that dream, but Deng managed to drive China into economic strength.

China's military, in contrast to what many Americans suggest, is in fact quite peaceful. Their aims is to prepare for short-scale border conflicts, as opposed to full-scale war. Japan in fact spends more money than China does on the armed forces.

Yet China remains internally and regionally focused, barely paying attention to the events that don't involve the words "economy" or "Asia". There has been no indication of an outward expansion beyond Asia, nor has China even bothered with world events beyond their region. I would say Mao was the last person to try to dominate anyplace beyond Asia (Africa and Communist states). Deng's leadership laid the foundations for an internal and regional focus.

Even the United States is recognising that attempting to stop China from becoming a regional superpower is not possible - pressure from American hardliners have not given even the Republicans incentive to reduce trade with China, irregardless of humanitarian crisis. The 1989 Tiananmen Incident in fact barely affected state-controlled trade; only military coorperation and personal trade were affected.

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castille Citizen #21521 Posts: 2,599	China has a superpower mentality - for the last 4000 years. The defeats by the West during the 1800s and early 1900s has in fact fueled that drive to become a superpower. Mao could not achieve that dream, but Deng managed to drive China into economic strength. China's military, in contrast to what many Americans suggest, is in fact quite peaceful. Their aims is to prepare for short-scale border conflicts, as opposed to full-scale war. Japan in fact spends more money than China does on the armed forces. Yet China remains internally and regionally focused, barely paying attention to the events that don't involve the words "economy" or "Asia". There has been no indication of an outward expansion beyond Asia, nor has China even bothered with world events beyond their region. I would say Mao was the last person to try to dominate anyplace beyond Asia (Africa and Communist states). Deng's leadership laid the foundations for an internal and regional focus. Even the United States is recognising that attempting to stop China from becoming a regional superpower is not possible - pressure from American hardliners have not given even the Republicans incentive to reduce trade with China, irregardless of humanitarian crisis. The 1989 Tiananmen Incident in fact barely affected state-controlled trade; only military coorperation and personal trade were affected. Ideological loyalty is the act of giving your soul to a vague concept, to be manipulated by people smarter than you.