Congressional report warns the danger of U.S.-China conflict is rising
Army troops are pictured at the Changchun First Aviation Open Day, northeast Chinas Jilin province, 1 September 2011 / AP
China’s decades-long buildup of strategic and conventional military forces is shifting the balance
of power in Asia in Beijing’s favor and increasing the risk of a conflict, according to a forthcoming
report by a congressional China commission.
China’s military has greatly expanded its air and naval forces and is sharply increasing its missile forces,
even while adopting a more hostile posture against the United States and regional allies in Asia,
states a late draft of the annual report of the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission.
As a result, “the potential for security miscalculation in the region is rising,” the report said, using the
euphemism for a conflict or shootout between Chinese forces and U.S. forces or those of its regional
alliances.
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