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shared by Benjamin McKeown on 18 Sep 18 - No Cached

the “balance, dimension and expansion of our strategic goal will be strengthened.” The result will be to "more effectively create a situation, manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war, defend the expansion of our country’s strategic interests in an all-round fashion and realize the goals set by the party and Chairman Xi.”
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U.S., Russia, Japan and other nations became strong nations because they had a strong military.
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“The lessons of history teach us that strong military might is important for a country to grow from being big to being strong,”
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‘Thucydides Trap’ and escape the obsession that war is unavoidable between an emerging power and a ruling hegemony.”
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suggesting that the United States is in its decline.
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one chapter said that it is important to control the military in a bid to ensure the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term ruling status,"
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he party keeps a tight grip on the military, it can withstand rigorous challenges both at home and abroad, it said."
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In other words, China's government is so worried about losing its grip on power that it must emphasize that the military is the servant of the Communist Party. Perhaps it's fear that the population can't be controlled without the backing of the military. Perhaps it's fear that the military itself could take over.
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