1、 TESTIMONY TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION HEARING ON A“WORLD-CLASS”MILITARY:ASSESSING CHINAS GLOBAL MILITARY AMBITIONS June 20,2019 Thomas G.Mahnken,Ph.D.President and CEO,Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Thank you for the opportunity to appear
2、before you today to discuss the implications of a“World-Class”Chinese military for the United States and its allies and partners.Gone are the days when China posed solely a regional challenge to the United States and its allies in the Western Pacific.It now poses a global challenge to world order.Ch
3、ina is seeking not only to exert influence in the Asia-Pacific region,but across the globe.Indeed,Beijing is increasingly exerting its political,economic,and military influence to coerce U.S.allies and partners,contest international law and freedom of navigation in crucial waterways such as the Sout
4、h China Sea;weaken the U.S.position across the globe;and otherwise seek a position of geopolitical dominance from the Western Pacific to the Indian Ocean and influence far beyond.1 It is using predatory economic statecraft in an effort to weaken its geopolitical rivals,including the United States,an
