Will China be harmful to the U.S. in the near future?

Answer 1

Right now, China is the United States largest trade partner. Not only do we buy lots of their products, but we also use them as our personal bank. The United States has borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars from the People's Socialized Bank of China to pay for our war in Iraq. What will happen when China calls in its loans? The United States will default. As the trade deficit grows and our loans come up for repayment, the United States will be in precarious position.

Answer 2

What will happen in China in the near to intermediate future is unpredictable. The strong command of the Communist Party, along with the fast-growing free market economy, point toward a potentially calamitous collision. It seems unlikely that the two can coexist indefinitely. If there were to be a tremendous internal conflict, it could be dangerous for the US.

The more conventional concerns voiced commonly about China are less realistic threats. They would have to grow constantly at a rate much faster than the US for a really long time before they approached our size. Unlikely considering the limits to individual freedom there. Our economy still dwarfs theirs, and bilateral trade is a win-win. The wealthier they become, the better for the US, because of the economic benefits to the US, and because the wealthier they become the more likely it becomes that they will somehow become a more liberal society. They have invested huge sums in our debt, but that is because our debt is an attractive investment for them. China recalling those loans is not a plausible scenario, and not a concern. Our military is still much more powerful than theirs. (The most likely locus of conflict is probably Taiwan, and a war triggered by Chinese action there is not out of the question.)

In sum--they aren't about to mess with the US.

Answer 3

Of course, they have a huge military, their economy is growing astronomically,& they own the bank notes on trillions of dollars worth of American debt. China is the closest thing to another world power besides the U.S. today. & we are shipping jobs & technology over there because the people in China work for a fraction of the pay Americans do. I believe there will be some sort of conflict between the 2 within 5- 10 years. Unfortunately.

Answer 4

If history is an indication, it won't be a threat. Despite being an advanced and populous country for thousands of years, China has only once invaded a foreign country, Tibet. That was under the lunatic reign of Mao Tse Tung.

Answer 5

Yes but only becasue we keep shipping our manufacturing jobs there. If we ever need to conduct a REAL war we would be screwed.

In WW2 we had a huge manufacturing base to our economy and all that industry was turned to the war effort and we won. Now we do not have any factories left and China has lot of them.

Answer 6

Yes,

China is not a genuine friend of the U.S. Keep in mind, it is a totally different system of government(Communism), 6+Billion people, a booming economy, and more recently they have begun to expand their military spending. I suspect that trend will continue.
China has within their grasp to become the sole world superpower in the coming years. Then we are all in trouble.
America has become a victim of it's own generosity.

Answer 7

From an economic stand point for sure - they can out buy us. I dont think they have any immediate plans for invasion but if they do take cover we will be in for a butt whoopin!

Answer 8

Yes. To bad we are bogged down in Iraqi.

Answer 9

Yes- we need to enact Operation First Strike now---

Answer 10

ROFLMAO!!!!!!


Hardly.