tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post7150309785873296097..comments2023-07-02T05:23:38.595-05:00Comments on Korean Historical Controversies: Should the U.S. cooperate with China?Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842044872387705911noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post-15219362039436176792007-03-07T03:17:00.000-05:002007-03-07T03:17:00.000-05:00The frightening thing about the "China Threat" the...The frightening thing about the "China Threat" theory is how much it often depends upon an unquestioned assumption that China is following in Japan and Germany's footsteps, and paralleling their development leading up to WWII. The idea that a rising power will necessarily militarize and seek to expand outward is by no means some sort of "rule" but it seems to be taken as such by many many people in the Beltway. In fact, anyone who doesn't take this view is, in my experience, labeled a "panda hugger" and summarily dismissed.redbean2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14799525251715692624noreply@blogger.com