November 23, 2020
Will America Decline and Become “Beatable†by China in 2049?
One think tank report seems to think so by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Key point: China is modernizing and becoming more powerful relative to American forces in the areas closest to China. If the current trends persist, America may find itself out-matched in a far-flung fight in the Pacific.
Chinese leaders have laid out a plan for deploying the world’s best-armed forces no later than 2049. If the United States is to prevent China from becoming the world’s leading military power, it needs a plan of its own.
This first appeared earlier and is being republished due to reader interest.
That’s the sobering warning in a report for the Center for a New American Security by former deputy defense secretary Robert Work and co-author Greg Grant.
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The mindset of China has discouraged creativity, innovation and initiative
for thousands of years, resulting in continuous autocratic rule.
Consequently, China is a threat only to themselves.
