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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Yeah, on the whole China really still is phenomenally poor. Wherever that picture of the world at night with all of the light spots on it went (posted in another thread) is worth looking at just to see how China is a vast dark space except for a few bright spots. The country is nowhere near developed, and has a hell of a lot of growing pains on the road ahead.
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Most of their money goes into buying advanced weapons systems in order to close the military technology gap with the U.S.
China has a vast army, a huge airforce, and a puny Navy, but in terms of capabilities its overshadowed by the American's.
However the American Military capability has been bled pretty dry by the multiple engagements that have overstretched them badly.
I think I read somewhere that China is frantically trying to upgrade their Submarine capability in terms of quietness and sensor capability.