SJS1: "China's Bullying No Match for U.S Pacific Power"

Source: Cumings, Bruce. "China's Bullying No Match for US Pacific Power." Current History (2014): 245-51. Print.

Authors Credentials: Notable author of mid to late 20th century southeast asian military history.

Summary: In recent years conflicts around the world have been marked by the recurring philosophy that one nations hates another than that nation another and so on until it round snack to the first nation creating a circle of conflict. However, in today's ever changing world of conflict in east Asia this is not the case. Chinese aggression towards their neighbors by developing their country into a world military power had created many enemies. These enemies, many of which were once diehard enemies of the United States, have now allied themselves with the U.S and each other with China as a common enemy. Notably Japan and Vietnam who were both at one point in history in all out war with the U.S. These alliances show very clearly China's growing inability to wage war with the U.S and her allies. One of the key reasons for this is China's inferior military technology which most of which dates to 1960s era USSR surplus equipment as well as a more philosophical consequence. This consequence is China's lack of innovation. While China does provide many manufacturing services for the world, it lacks the ability to design and produce and export both material products and intellectual property and ideals at the same level as competing nations. This is also evident in China's lack of military technological development as many neighboring nations are far more advance in nuclear capability than China itself. In the end, China's aggression is supported by little as it has no power to support its malign politics.

Analysis: While at first this abstract of modern Sino-American relation may not appear to be related to out unit, it is to a great extent. In today's modern world we seem to believe that the ancient inequities between major societies is not existent as it was in the days of the Spanish conquistadors and British settlers relating to Native Americans. While in realities such inequalities still exist in the east-west axis. This is exemplified by China's( the east) military inequity with the U.S(the west) and her allies. These weaknesses are clear by China's clear material and intellectual inferiority to the west. While racially they two sides are equal, the ancient principle of western superiority are still evident in today's contemporary, globalized world.