The Dragon Breathes Fire
Kent Ewing, Asia Times | August 19, 2009
Military drills in China are set to involve 50,000 troops over the next 2 months. ++ Exercises that will test the People Liberation Army’s long-range force projection worry neighboring countries. ++ Washington is monitoring the situation as Beijing struggles to justify ‘peaceful rise’ discourse. ++ “Although internal concerns may be the primary motivation, China's regional rivals are increasingly uncomfortable with the nation's growing military prowess.” ++ The limited transparency of China’s security policy poses serious risks to global stability.
