From Washington Post:
China’s future course in the world is among the four most important issues the Bush administration is considering as it develops a new national security strategy, a top Pentagon official said Thursday.
Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy, singled out China as among “important powers in the world,” whose strategic choices will influence U.S. national security.
The three other key issues the administration is assessing are the spread of weapons of mass destruction, “terrorist extremism” and the risks posed by failed or failing nation states, Feith said in a speech to members of the Council on Foreign Relations, a private think tank.
