By THE DEFENSE NEWS STAFF
China is an economic superpower that has earned a reputation for achieving ambitious goals, whether grand public works, financial success, territorial claims or military growth.
Yet too many continue to be surprised by its military advancement.
Beijing said it would tame the Yangtze River and displaced a million-plus people to build history’s largest dam. It laid claim to the South and East China Seas, and used its economic and military muscle to intimidate neighbors from resisting
Beijing is heeding the advice of its great strategist, Sun Tzu: Whenever possible, leverage everything at your disposal to get adversaries to cede to your will — without having to fight.
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