I will probably can only go so far as to say that China is a real threat... and the US Government takes measures to counter any possible gains they make... as far as military might... their Navy is stink pile next to ours... well everyones navy is but they really are not long range threat(aside from their intercontinental missiles though we have ways of dealing with that to)... their biggest asset is their ability to assemble massive amounts of fodder in a short amount of time. The 10,000 Marines at Chosine Resivor fought their way out of a certain death situation... they were trapped by 300,000 Chinese... to make the situation amusing it was a Chinese-American who was instrumental in the successful retreat... or as us US Marines refer to it... fighting in the other direction
edit: Major Lee (Lt. at the time) was a hero who many felt should have been honored with the highest award given to a service member... though he did get a Navy Cross
