The Return of the CENTRAL EMPIRE? How CHINA CHALLENGES the US military - VisualPolitik EN

In 2020, the base US military budget was US$778 billion, while China's spending barely exceeded US$250 billion. In other words, today Uncle Sam more than triples the military spending effort of the Land of the Three Kingdoms.

So the question is, does China really need to compete in terms of budget to rival the American giant? In this video we tell you the plan with which Xi Jinping's government wants to bring the United States of America's army to an equal footing.

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[bojangles]

Saying that China has the biggest Navy is like saying Lego is the largest rubber tire producer. Technically true, but completely mischaracterizing the reality of the situation.

[constantineceasar]

LONG LIVE THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT NATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAIWAN!!!! 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼

[moses]

There is so much on the China situation in the media; and rightly so. China and the South China sea is a focal point for much fr a substantial chunk of world trade. China in 2021 is light years away from where it was in the 70's. 500 million Chinese folk now out of poverty; their government must have done something right. I still think it is a paradox that the Communist Party has embraced the free market and capitalism to fuel their growth ambitions. An emerging power will have a growing military in order to protect its sovereignty and interests.
I do not believe that China wants to invade and occupy other country's - apart from Taiwan that is. Yes they may have ambitions to control countries where these further their interests. In this day and age there is no need to occupy a country in order to control it.

[jhon__]

When Americans were debating about gender equality China was building Nukes.

[jeffreyexposito]

China includes fishing boats with a machine gun as naval vessels. The US Navy is the greatest most powerful naval force on the planet

[jkschang]

I don't think China is thinking of the return of the central empire or thinking of overtaking US militarily, their defense budget is only 1.7% of their GDP while US is spending 3.7%. Chinese GDP is also smaller. They're only thinking about defense of their borders and the improvement of the livelihood of the people. You are worrying too much. Take a deep breathe and go to sleep.

[jw]

No offend, in my opinion US only won the world war 2, and they failed almost all the wars after that.

[richardmakaya]

US spent almost two trillion dollars in Afghanistan and that's part of their military budget.

[warrenking]

The string of pearls is a nice way of saying 80% of their energy is imported and passes through the malacca strait and/or hormuz, not to mention other critical imports so they don’t starve and freeze. It’s a liability, not an asset. The US has two long coastlines and friendly neighbors.

[toddbrackett]

The total defense expenditure in USD between nations without accounting for labor, energy, compliance and other costs or exchange rates is a meaningless metric. Obviously the cost of producing and sustaining weapons systems and paying service members are much lower in China than they are in the US. Why would you use spending in USD as a basis for defense capability comparison?

[_Wai_Wai_]

China's military is Mainly for defense, not only of its homeland, but also of trade routes and ports. But American military is used for Power Project and for maintaining global military bases (Iraq, S Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, UAE, Ecuador, Phillippines, Australia etc

[bianohehe]

It's important to remember that there are two ways a country can militarily overcome another country. The first would be to invest enough to reach the opponent. The second is when the opponent spends more than it can afford and implodes financially like the Soviet Union.

[eferg]

I don't know what you did with the saturation or the temperature of the video but; gat dayum.
You made his teeth even more yellow; they're neon. wtf VP-en editor?

[tidusfantasy]

im not siding either the US or China. But i like the fact that there are China + US in this world to keep each other in check. If u think the US is the true heroic justice of this world, u need to study more. China isnt a saint neither. Therefore, its good to have them both to compete. Competition is beneficial to the world

[jonnfaustino]

The amount of the budget is less important than how the most is spent!

[eduwino]

the problem with a dictatorship give too much power to the military and they can end up overthrowing you

[yoongzy]

Never involve in a war when you don't have the confidence to win. Stay peace as long as possible to prevent loss of lives.
- Sun Tzu, Art of War (this is real)

[karankapoor]

China is just a paper warrior, they were hiding their soldiers death when they suffered casualties with India 😂they can just bark, definitely can't fight

[hourbee]

I get pre-WW2 imperial Japan vibes when there is talk about China’s military and their plans for the region.

[kumikoOG]

*The U.S has deployed in Asia-pacific about 325k troops, 180 ships about 60% of the entire navy.*