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March 8, 2012

The Real China Threat

Japan Times, Japan Times

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Considerable attention has been devoted to the threat seemingly posed by the growth of China's power and influence. It seems like every week the country is marking some new "first" in its military modernization program, all of which are said to be underwritten by a desire to become the pre-eminent power in Asia.

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