Don’t be fooled by US claims of Chinese military superiority
In a repeat of Cold War-style propaganda, Washington and some of its allies are working to create an impression that China could prevail in a war with America in the Asia-Pacific, thereby creating an excuse for a greater US-led military build-up
Alex Lo
Published: 9:00pm, 3 Sep, 2020
When the United States starts warning how militarily strong an adversary is, it means it is gearing up for war. Usually, it means a hot war, such as what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cuba, the war on terror, the war on drugs ... So, a threat, whether real or imagined, has to be exaggerated out of all proportion to justify the use of overwhelming force, which if committed by any other country, would amount to serious war crimes.
However, it can also be a cold war, if the adversary proves too big to be easily toppled. Such was the Soviet Union, whose military capabilities were deliberately exaggerated with overestimates. That was the so-called missile gap of the 1950s and early 1960s, in which Washington falsely claimed Moscow had more nuclear warheads. The purpose, of course, was to enable the US military to gear up and the military-industrial complex to cash in, courtesy of US taxpayers.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3100134/dont-be-fooled-us-claims-chinese-military-superiority
