{Political_Views} China's quest for military might is showing results

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News from The Hill: Pentagon: China's quest for military might is showing results By John T. Bennett China's military is "steadily closing the technological gap with modern armed forces" and remains calibrated for a conflict with Taiwan, according to an annual Pentagon report released Wednesday. The report notes Chinese leaders are driving hard toward achieving a set of "economic and military benchmarks" by the end of this decade, and concludes Beijing's ultimate goal is to become "a world-class economic and military power by 2050." The 2011 report to Congress on the Asian giant's military might and objectives was delivered to Capitol Hill and publicly released Wednesday, more than 170 days after it was due. In the report, the Pentagon says China is increasingly confident of its position on the world stage. Read the full story here.

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