This is a two part article. The first part focuses on the current state of China's military capabilities while also exposing the vulnerabilities undermining its strategic ambitions.
Introduction
The renowned Vietnam War veteran General Vo Nguyen Giap has recently called for a novel kind of war on poverty. Can the warmongers accept this realistic call? While the decisive argument for the war is maintaining peace, thereby sustaining livelihoods, the truth is somewhat different. The countries' pledges to reduce poverty by half have gone awry as financial assistance is diverted to war. The amount of aid developed countries give poorer nations has fallen by half since the 1960s, risking the lives of millions of children.