Well, I'm all for military research. But it seems like a criminal waste of resources to build the developed stuff -- and train lots of people. This decision ha

Well, I'm all for military research. But it seems like a criminal waste of resources to build the developed stuff -- and train lots of people. This decision have no good reason (North Korea? Hardly), it is forced because China haven't democratized so it needs external enemies to generate jingoism and hinder criticism of the Party. (But sure, maybe China's main motivation is to get natural resources in sea areas that have belonged to other countries for centuries. That is hardly better.) Edit: Clarity.