US hyping 'China threat' theory to maintain its global hegemony

The US Defense Department's 2020 China Military Power Report is exaggerated to say the least, aimed as it is at adding steam to the United States' claim of "China being a hazard to security". Compared with the 2019 report, the over-200-page China Military Power Report for 2020 has a new chapter－on the People's Liberation Army's growing global presence.

The new chapter is, to put it simply, an addition to Washington's old trick of hyping the "China threat" theory to mislead the international community about the modernization of China's military by claiming it can harm the interests of other countries while ignoring, among other things, the PLA's increasing contributions to UN peacekeeping missions and escorting of cargo vessels on the high seas.

The report says: "China has already achieved parity with－or even exceeded－the United States in several military modernization areas, including shipbuilding, land-based conventional ballistic and cruise missiles, and integrated air defense systems." But when talking about the two militaries' power, the Department of Defense's report blurs facts by counting numbers instead of analyzing their comparative strengths, in order to promote its anti-China propaganda.