Well, you didn't mention any country, so my bad. I noticed you're in the Filippines. You are aware the Filippines have a Chinese minority, I'm sure. They must have moved there 'because they don't like you or your country'.
I would certainly be aware that there is a Chinese minority here, since I am part of it, at least partially. There is also a distinction between the Chinese here and the Chinese back on the mainland. Most Chinese-Filipinos, including myself, do not support the Chinese government. And I daresay that most of us find the traditional Chinese attitude of cultural and racial superiority a little disgusting.
Oh, and by the way, I somehow doubt that one of the reasons that the Chinese immigrated here was that they "liked the people". Historically that hasn't been very high up on the list of reasons to immigrate somewhere.
I guess sarcasm is lost on you... As is the irony that China is actually financing the US deficit spending (including their oversized military budget).
That's a good way to cover your tracks, calling it sarcasm. And it's a good thing that the US military budget is "oversized", as you call it, when we have dangerous revisionist powers like China and Russia around.
They can keep doing that (as they have been), it still won't amount to much. Even when the USSR was still around the US were the only true superpower. But that aside, the USA - after reductions - still have 11,000 nuclear missiles compared to the Chinese 200. The Chinese have no fleet to speak of. The US could reduce their military spending by 12% per year, it still wouldn't make any difference globally.
Debatable whether the US was the only true superpower while the USSR was around. It's true that economically the USSR was no match for the US, but militarily they were around even.
Far from having "no fleet", the PLAN is quite large, though I'll grant you that most of the ships are older and on the smaller end of the scale, and I could even be wrong on that part. The nuclear subs are pretty new and pretty threatening, however. The PLAN wouldn't stand a chance against the USN, and I think they'd struggle even against the JMSDF, but they can certainly handle the small Southeast Asian nations who are China's primary targets right now.
Your claim that the US reducing their military budget by 12% every year (or conversely, China increasing their military budget by 12% every year) would make little difference is at odds with both basic mathematics and the predictions of experts such as IISS and SIPRI.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/daily-chart-11
http://www.economist.com/node/21552193
The first article says that at the rate they're going, China's military spending will equal America's by 2023 at the earliest and 2032 at the latest. It also says that China's military spending has actually been increasing by an average of 15.6% per year, even higher than the 12% I mentioned. Whoops, my bad.
Now add to that the fact that while China increases its military spending at double-digit rates, the US is proposing defense budget cuts through sequestration, and what do you get?
Double-digit percentage increases annually would be some cause for concern even if the country in question were not actively alienating most of its neighbors. When that country
is alienating its neighbors, then it becomes downright alarming.
It's just business, and China is doing it for their own benefit. If you're going to make an argument, try something less absurd next time.
