China, like Russia, is indeed preparing for an unavoidable war with the USA. That is a clear indication from what the Chinese are now doing, upping their defence budget. Many believe the Chinese defence budget, in reality, is much more than reported officially. China's response to USA antagonism and threats are no more cordial or friendly, its warning crisp and clear, since Anchorage, Alaska. And China had been building up its defence capabilities and retaliatory potential over the last couple of years, knowing the USA could launch a pre-emptive strike at any time. Since tensions escalated under Trump, China knows that this confrontation with USA cannot now be avoided.
The Chinese knew that the USA had, many a time, from leaked documents, wanted to nuke China on the sly, and I believe China has made this threat one of its priorities in making preparations. The Chinese knew that the USA is aware that the window of opportunity for the USA to be able to take down China is closing fast, and the USA had to make a move, the target date already established as 2025.
China's defence budget may be dwarfed by the USA, but do not be mistaken. While the USA had to spend an enormouse slice of its budget on upkeeping its forces spread over the almost thousand military bases worldwide, and thus a much more expensive upkeep compared to China's spending on its forces at home.
The real bang for the buck is that China is spending much of its defence budget on building and upgrading missiles, planes, warships and submarines, and doing it much more cheaply than what the USA is spending on building such military equipment. The Chinese do not have to pay US$640 for a toilet seat like the Pentagon, and that tells you the corruption that has infested the Pentagon, and the astronomical waste that the USA is dealing with under their defence budget. That so much money is going into irrelevant black holes, and into defence contractor's pocket, he real comparison is difficult to gauge just looking at comparative costs on both sides.
The Pentagon therefore has to generate threats and instigate conflicts in order to continue with asking for more and more funding for its expenditure, and the USA Government has to pass a bigger and bigger budget for defence every year. This is the same modus operandi as funding the US budget deficit, with fiat money printing unable to keep up with unrestrained spending.
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