.... China?s military hawks like Lt-General Ren are becoming more vocal and more powerful. They push ?short, sharp wars? with neighboring countries to take control of disputed territories in the East and South China Seas. They urge China to ?strike first?, ?prepare for conflict? or ?kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.?
Some hawks take the aggressive rhetoric to an even higher level: ?Since we
have decided that the US is
bluffing in the East China Sea, we should take this opportunity to respond to
these empty provocations with something real,? wrote Air Force Colonel Dai Xu
in China?s?Global
Times?last August. ?This includes Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan,
which are the three running dogs of the United States in Asia ? We only need to
kill one, and it will immediately bring the others to heel.?
?The military hawks appear to make up only a small proportion of China?s officer corps,? writes Michael Richardson, a fellow at the?Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, in the Straits Times.??But their influence, magnified by modern communications and social media, may be far more extensive than their numbers suggest. Their influence may also be shaping views and actions in the Chinese chain of military command.?....
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