Week Ten Text Blog Entry - Is China’s Military a Threat?

Here is a link to an article in Is China’s Military a Threat? from The Time. This article said that China for the first time tested successfully and anti-satellite missile two months ago, and its defence spending in the forthcoming year would rise by nearly 18%, the biggest increase in five years, and a lager increase than the U.S had expected.

Most defence planners in the U.S believe that the primary strategic objective for China’s defence spending is to deter the U.S from intervening in any crisis over Taiwan.

I think Taiwan has been a part of China for many years, now some people in Taiwan government want it become independent. The U.S wants Taiwan to be a country because they can control it and make it to be their transfer port. China does not want that to happen, but they also won’t start a war with Taiwan because of the rising economy in south of China. So we can look China's military as a threat.