>>>The US refuses to see China as a strategic threat Huh? The new Commandant of the Marine Corps has flat-out said it.[1] And he's not the first in the Pentago

>>>The US refuses to see China as a strategic threat Huh? The new Commandant of the Marine Corps has flat-out said it.[1] And he's not the first in the Pentagon to take China seriously.[2] And from [3]: "Emblematic of this mistake was the roll-out of the Air-Sea Battle doctrine. First outlined in a then-classified memo in 2009, ASB became official doctrine in 2010. From the beginning, it was an effort to develop an operational doctrine for a possible military confrontation with China and then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates openly discussed the need to counter China’s growing military capabilities. The signal received in Beijing was the U.S. had hostile intentions toward China and was trying to contain it militarily. The result was that the entire pivot was seen by Beijing as part of a broader effort to encircle China." [1]https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3031445/us-marine-corps-must-adapt-long-term-china-threat https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3031445/us... [2]https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/15/a-novel-about-war-with-china-strikes-a-chord-at-the-pentagon/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/15/a-novel-about-war-with-... [3]https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/01/23/commentary/world-commentary/pivot-asia-obamas-biggest-mistake/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/01/23/commentary/w...