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Report Says Perhaps China Can Be Persuaded To Ease Its Rapid Military Buildup

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Monday, May 12th, 2008

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A new report suggests that perhaps nations such as China can be dissuaded from any headlong rush to build a formidable force with a global military reach. The report was issued by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a Washington defense-oriented think tank, coauthored by Andrew F. Krepinevich, CSBA president, and Robert C. Martinage, a CSBA senior fellow. With dissuasion, the United States would attempt to change the Chinese calculus of risks, so that it perceives either high…

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