中美真的会开战么？

Heres something most Americans may be surprised to hear:military strategistsin the United States consider China the nations withthe distinct possibility of a major U.S.?China war in the years to come.That isa terrifying prospect.The two countries are the worlds top two economic andmilitary powers,both armed with nuclear weapons,each contributing 15%to 20%toworld gross domestic product,and each dependent on the other for its prosperitygiven the depth and breadth of their economic relationships.Were they to go to war,however,global prosperity might soon become the least of our concerns;World War IIIcould not be ruled out,and the survival of the human race might even be on the line.A quick word of partial reassurance:I think that American military strategists tend tobe,on average,slightly too hawkish on China,a country that some are calling part of a“”that also includes Russia,North Korea,and Iran.I might agree thatthe latter three nations,or at least their current leaderships,should be viewed asfundamentally malevolent and dangerous.But China is a more complex case,havingbrought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in recent decades,having donemuch for economic growth around