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We can thank Bill Clinton for the fact China is now a threat in the ICBM arena, & we have to factor that in in our east Asian & Pacific strategies. He sold them missile & nuclear tech they probably would not have developed themselves by now.
Oh, but the economy under Clinton was so GOOD!
SHANGHAI -- The Soviet Union is gone, al-Qaida is decimated, and Iran may never acquire nuclear weapons. But don't get too relaxed. If you're looking for reasons to be anxious about world peace, China offers an abundance.
It's a huge country with a growing economy, an expanding military and ongoing disputes with several neighbors. Nationalist sentiment has grown. China is a rising power, and history indicates that rising powers often assert themselves in ways that lead to bloodshed.
If you demand immediate evidence, look only to the South China Sea, where the Chinese are locked in an ominous...
He jumpstarted them,gave then a huge boost.