
An annual Pentagon report on China’s military developments finds it is already outpacing the U.S. in a few areas, including total Navy ship numbers. The report, “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2020” underscored the Chinese government’s objective for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is for it to become a “world-class” military by 2049, which the U.S. interprets as likely meaning equal to or serious to the U.S. or any other great power Chinese views as…