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China’s Military Buildup

In: Asia Future Shock

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  • Michael Backman

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A lot of nonsense is written about China’s military buildup. Much of it emanates from the US. The US seems perpetually in need of a foe. It helps to unite an otherwise disparate country. It’s a common tool that governments use. China is using it too now. The demise of communism would otherwise leave a vacuum if not for the rise of nationalism, which has become China’s new gelling agent, the tool China’s leaders can use to coalesce disparate regions and ethnic minorities into one political entity.

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  • Michael Backman, 2008. "China’s Military Buildup," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Asia Future Shock, chapter 3, pages 21-30, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59242-1_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230592421_3
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