https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/c...st-threat-to-world-peace-20200913-p55v70.html Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace Bejing: China’s Defence Ministry on Sunday blasted a critical US report on the country’s military ambitions, saying it is the US instead that poses the biggest threat to the international order and world peace. The statement follows the September 2 release of the annual US Defence Department report to Congress on Chinese military developments and goals that it said would have “serious implications for US national interests and the security of the international rules-based order”. Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Credit:AP Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Wu Qian called the report a “wanton distortion” of China’s aims and the relationship between the People’s Liberation Army and China’s 1.4 billion people. “Many years of evidence shows that it is the US that is the fomenter of regional unrest, the violator of the international order and the destroyer of world peace,” he said. US actions in Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries over the past two decades have resulted in the deaths of more than 800,000 people and displacement of millions, Qian said. “Rather than reflecting on itself, the US issued a so-called report that made false comments about China’s normal defence and military construction," he said in the statement. “We call on the US to view China’s national defence and military construction objectively and rationally, cease making false statements and related reports, and take concrete actions to safeguard the healthy development of bilateral military relations." Running to more than 150 pages, the Defence Department report examined the PLA's technical capabilities, doctrines and the ultimate aims of China's military buildup. It said it includes becoming a “practical instrument" of China's statecraft with an active role in advancing Beijing's foreign policy and “aims to revise aspects of the international order." “Certainly, many factors will determine how this course unfolds," the report said. “What is certain is that (the ruling Communist Party) has a strategic end state that it is working towards, which, if achieved and its accompanying military modernisation left unaddressed, will have serious implications for US national interests and the security of the international rules-based order." Much of the report was devoted to analysing China's strategy toward Taiwan, a US ally which China considers a part of its territory to be annexed by force if necessary. China's military capabilities dwarf those of the island of 23 million in numerical terms, although any invasion of Taiwan would be complex and would carry major political risks, the report said. It also looked at areas where the 2 million-member PLA, the world's largest standing military, has overtaken the US, including in the size of its navy, now the world's largest with approximately 350 ships and submarines compared to around 293 for the US. China has also built a considerable arsenal of land-based ballistic and cruise missiles and has one of the world’s largest forces of advanced long-range surface-to-air systems, the report said. This year's report comes as relations between Beijing and Washington have hit their lowest ebb in decades amid simmering disputes over trade, technology, Taiwan, human rights and the South China Sea.
No doubt we are the biggest threat to their peace of mind. Good. They probably are not losing much sleep over Canada.
A dumb ass like you thinks being a threat to world peace is a good thing. If Canada wanted to do so, we could just assemble a few A bombs and point them at a few US targets. That would put us on the map in terms of being a threat. But that would be something a dumb ass like you would do. We all know the US is fully capable of doing incredibly stupid things like invading Iraq on false pretenses. On 9/11, under 3000 people died. Because of the US reaction to the event, roughly 500,000 thousand people died. Yet dumb asses like you still embrace the concept of aggressive military. Fuck you're stupid.
I'm no fan of China, but they aren't wrong. Under Trump the US has become a dangerous character on the world stage.
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