Hey WhisperingDeath, what do you mean by "that kind of" attitude, I never said Japan is a threat to anyone, neither did I say China should get involved in a arms race with Japan
On the contrary I think Japan has a risk of getting attacked by China rather than the other way round.
I say this looking at the past actions of the Chinese Government, I feel it has a history of being an extremely aggressive country.
Only in the past few years, since the economic boom, China has somewhat loosened up on its neighbours and is now talking of peace with them.
Being such a huge (population and area) country there are simply no other options for China's neighbours, but to co-exist with it.
This feeling of insecurity amongst her neighbours will remain and will grow more intense when sometime in the future when China has become more powerful
There is no solution to this (God Save Bhutan, hope it doesn't become another Tibet)
China's encirclement of India is now complete, with the inauguration of the deep sea port at Gwadar, Pakistan, which will be maintained by the Chinese Navy
Nepal is poised on the verge of becoming a communist regime and slowly tilting towards China
•Thailand: China is considering funding construction of a $20 billion canal across the Kra Isthmus that would allow ships to bypass the Strait of Malacca. The canal project would give China port facilities, warehouses and other infrastructure in Thailand aimed at enhancing Chinese influence in the region, the report said.
• Bangladesh: China is strengthening its ties to the government and building a container port facility at Chittagong. The Chinese are "seeking much more extensive naval and commercial access" in Bangladesh.
• Burma: China has developed close ties to the military regime in Rangoon and turned a nation wary of China into a "satellite" of Beijing close to the Strait of Malacca, through which 80 percent of China's imported oil passes.
China is building naval bases in Burma and has electronic intelligence gathering facilities on islands in the Bay of Bengal and near the Strait of Malacca. Beijing also supplied Burma with "billions of dollars in military assistance to support a de facto military alliance," the report said.
•Cambodia: China signed a military agreement in November 2003 to provide training and equipment. Cambodia is helping Beijing build a railway line from southern China to the sea.
•South China Sea: Chinese activities in the region are less about territorial claims than "protecting or denying the transit of tankers through the South China Sea," the report said.
China's string of pearls policy:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050117-115550-1929r.htm
^ very interesting read
我被吓唬中国 :lol: