{"id":13189,"date":"2007-06-14T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/14\/the-power-china-is-building-gary-schmitt\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T00:35:18","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T07:35:18","slug":"the-power-china-is-building-gary-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/the-power-china-is-building-gary-schmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power China is Building &#8211; Gary Schmitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a column in The Washington Post, Gary Schmitt attributes <a href=\"\/2007\/06\/report_china_biggest_asian_arms_spender_karl_ritter.php\">China&#8217;s military spending<\/a> to its &#8220;cravings&#8221; toward power and recognition.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last month&#8217;s annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/pubs\/pdfs\/070523-China-Military-Power-final.pdf\">Pentagon report on the Chinese military<\/a> took note of Beijing&#8217;s sizable expansion of its capabilities &#8212; as have all the reports since the Defense Department began producing them in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>And, as in previous years, much of the commentary inside and outside of the government has focused on China&#8217;s lack of transparency. We complain that we don&#8217;t know exactly how much China is spending on its military and what exactly it is acquiring. Most important, we complain that we don&#8217;t know the strategic &#8220;why&#8221; behind this buildup. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/13\/AR2007061301969.html\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a column in The Washington Post, Gary Schmitt attributes China&#8217;s military spending to its &#8220;cravings&#8221; toward power and recognition. Last month&#8217;s annual Pentagon report on the Chinese military took note of Beijing&#8217;s sizable expansion of its capabilities &#8212; as have all the reports since the Defense Department began producing them in 2000. 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