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American netizens opened their minds, and he asked such a question on the American version of Zhihu Quora: "Why has China never been able to become a global military power?" When I saw this question, I was really speechless.
Today, China's military strength is second only to the United States, and we are the world's second largest economy, but in the eyes of some Westerners, China is still a backward country, and as early as after the reform and opening up, China's economy began to enter a period of rapid development.
Since the beginning of the 21 st century, China's economy, science and technology, and military have begun to develop in an all-round way, and China is no longer a backward country in the past.
First of all, China has its own self-developed missiles and satellites, and also has its own space station, and in the military aspect, China also has advanced fifth-generation fighter jets and three major aircraft carrier battle groups, and in the face of any threat, China has the absolute ability to defend its territory.
Although China was indeed very backward in the past, when we were invaded by Western powers, and also signed many treaties that humiliated the country, and China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, China has not always been backward, and we have had a glorious period.
During the Tang Dynasty, China was almost the center of the world, and no country would be China's opponent at that time, and at that time China was called the "Celestial Empire" in foreign countries, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was also called "Tian Khan", which was enough to establish China's status.
Every country has periods of glory and decay, so in the face of questions from American netizens, many foreign netizens also commented below, one of which said that China is a special country, when other countries are busy dividing, only China is busy unifying.
First of all, China is a country dominated by agricultural civilization, they have been focused on their own security and stability, the reason why China has been busy with unification is because the thinking of Chinese is different from that of Westerners, and only by unifying into a country can you become strong.
At that time, China had many countries like Europe, but after endless civil wars, these divided countries eventually became one country, and only then did China become stronger, and China did not end up becoming fragmented like Europe.
The plateaus, deserts, and seas surrounding China are buffer zones against foreign invasions, and the natural environment in the region is superior and does not need to expand and plunder resources, which is an important reason why the Chinese nation does not focus on West Asia, Europe, and Africa.
I think China has a lot of resources, these resources have made China an industrial power, seeing China's development, the United States will sooner or later be surpassed by China, the United States does not know how to govern the country and the economy, they will only fight.
Later, another netizen from Malaysia commented that since the launch of China's third aircraft carrier, they have become a military power, but China understands the cruelty of war, and they can take away valuable resources used to build a healthy and prosperous society.
Therefore, the Chinese know how to cherish peace more, if they fight like the United States year after year, then the country's economy will be dragged down sooner or later, and no one likes war, except for the United States, which may need war more to maintain their American hegemony.
The United States has invested a lot of money in the military, which has caused a sharp decline in the living standards of the people at home, and the United States should invest all this money in infrastructure, and stop the war, so as to better develop the economy.
Another netizen from Canada said that China thinks differently from the United States, they don't like war, and they will not take the initiative to create war, because war will only bring disaster to people and will destroy the country's economy.
Australian netizens said that in the past 40 years, China has never fought a war, and has never taken the initiative to provoke or threaten other countries, which is just the opposite of US hegemony.
Later, netizens from Singapore commented that throughout history, Western countries have also been involved in wars, but they have never reflected on the consequences of war, and they still continue the war to this day, maybe this is their cultural foundation.
They only know how to fight, they don't understand what war will bring to a country, which is why they are called "barbarians".
French netizens said that the United States has the most nuclear weapons in the world, the number of their aircraft carriers is eleven, and their military spending ranks first in the world.
Of course, it is to bully every country on the planet and make him submit to the feet of the Americans, the United States is the real global hegemon, and once it encounters a disobedient country, the United States will implement the so-called suppressive sanctions policy, which seems to me to be very despicable.
China's military development is aimed at safeguarding national security and stability, meeting the needs of national economic development, and maintaining a peaceful and stable international environment.
Through reasonable military investment and development, China aims to build a peaceful, stable and just international order, which is not only conducive to its own development, but also conducive to global prosperity and progress.