Top China general hints at likelihood of war with US as Beijing backs huge military boost

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US Maj. Gen. Richard Coffman saw Xu Qilian’s remarks as a clear admission war was “inevitable”.

General Xu Qiliang, China’s second in command of the armed forces after President Xi Jinping, said an increase in military spending is need to counter the ‘Thucydides Trap’. The term, popularised by US political scientist Graham T. Allison, refers to the inevitability of war when a new global power displaces an existing one.Speaking in a group discussion alongside the annual gathering of China’s National People’s Congress, Gen. Xu said Beijing’s growth threatens the US.

 

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