http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_china_7
"There are concerns about China's military buildup," Rice told a television interviewer. "It's sometimes seemed outsized for China's regional role."
A congressional advisory panel on Thursday questioned China's willingness to be a more responsible international player, saying world prosperity depends on China's abandoning a single-minded pursuit of its "own narrow national interests."
"While China is a global actor, its sense of responsibility has not kept up with its expanding power," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission, which Congress created in 2000 to investigate U.S.-China issues.
I am alarmed by the prospect of the Chinese Communist Party controlling what may soon be the world's most powerful nation, but such criticisms from the US, especially the current administration, just seem hypocritical.
"There are concerns about China's military buildup," Rice told a television interviewer. "It's sometimes seemed outsized for China's regional role."
A congressional advisory panel on Thursday questioned China's willingness to be a more responsible international player, saying world prosperity depends on China's abandoning a single-minded pursuit of its "own narrow national interests."
"While China is a global actor, its sense of responsibility has not kept up with its expanding power," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission, which Congress created in 2000 to investigate U.S.-China issues.
I am alarmed by the prospect of the Chinese Communist Party controlling what may soon be the world's most powerful nation, but such criticisms from the US, especially the current administration, just seem hypocritical.