China likely fields the largest and most powerful military industrial complex in the world, or at least one of the largest. It makes sense to use China as a yardstick against which to measure the value of potential military expenditure.
I'm sure that when China does the same, they're not imagining the cost of war against, say, Australia or Mexico. they invoke the bogeyman of American military hegemony.
I'm sure that when China does the same, they're not imagining the cost of war against, say, Australia or Mexico. they invoke the bogeyman of American military hegemony.