why is USA so afraid of china?

Answer 1

who wouldn't they China is the most populated country in the world can you imagine their army?

Answer 2

I'm Canadian and right now I'm taking an Asia history course as well as Economics in college.

It seems that almost everything stems from money these days. It's the reason behind so many political decisions including the war in Iraq.

China is having their industrial revolution right now whereas Britian and the United States had their's some years ago.

Yes the pollution is bad but as my professer pointed out in my Asia class, it's no more worse then when Britian and the US had theirs. China's industrial revolution is just able to be on a bigger scale because of the technology available today. She argues that if Britian and the US had the same technology when they were going through theirs, they would have used it too.

I for one agree that the pollution problem should be dealt with but fairly. The US can't ask China to not pollute when they themselves pollute too. The subject of pollution is very complicated because we all enjoy so many things in our lives that depend on factories. Our cars, clothes, food...just about everything.

China has been used for cheap labour and manufacture for many years and it seems that there has never been a problem until now when China wants to better their own country and have a part of that.

I don't think the US is afraid of China, maybe just uncomfortable right now because everyone is still figuring out where everything fits.

Answer 3

Americans are becoming afraid of China because right now, China's economy is booming. Also, America is in debt to China. Many people think that China will become the next world power. However, this will not happen for a very long time. China is facing the danger of having their economy grow too quickly. They also have a population crisis, not just because they are over populated, but because especially in Shanghai, there is a high ratio of male to female children due to the one child policy. In China, there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor, and the government is still quite corrupt. They will need to deal with all of these problems. Perhaps America's fear of China is rational, perhaps not.

Answer 4

I am Chinese.
I do not think that the United States are afraid of China, I personally think that the United States is the military and economic world.
I think this feeling because they did not understand China.
If you have time to Beijing tourism, and have a better understanding about China:)

Answer 5

America is afraid of China?

Answer 6

China is one of our great economic partners. I am going for a visit next week and am not afraid at all. There are so many wonderful Chinese people. I would not listen to such talk.

Answer 7

Your question doesn't have any base. US is not going to invade China and China is not going to invade US. Why do they have to be afraid of each other.

Answer 8

There's a very simple political explanation: generally speaking, democratic countries don't easily trust non-democratic countries. It's not just the US, but also the EU, and it boils down to basic political ideology.

Also, because they read books like "中国可以说不： 冷战后时代的政治与情感抉择."

Finally, you should understand that since America is democratic, many American people disagree with their government's stance on China. Most Americans aren't "afraid" of China, it's just that some of their politicians and media people are. That's the way democracy works: in a democratic country, people are entitled to express different opinions.

Answer 9

Rebirth _2007 and Texas Cowboy said the best!

Answer 10

They aren't.

It's just some uncertainty involved in the whole matter. Both countries are uncertain and not trusting of each other. I wouldn't call it fear. I'd just call it "on guard."