[engcoach]

> to that is the insitutional belief that China is The Enemy [™]

The PRC is the biggest threat to the United States and does not speak in favorable terms about the US. Do you have any reason to think they aren't the biggest enemy?

[Dah00n]

The biggest threat to the US is the US. Anyone calling another country “enemy” is a warmonger, IMO. China is not “the enemy”. They are, at most, a competitor. They aren't an invading force from Mars. They are human beings. This whole enemies right and left is very American and it is part of the state's Us versus Them that most Americans gobble up raw.

[ein0p]

Especially if the "other country" had seen no significant military action since 1991, when Sino-Vietnamese war ended, and in that time we completely destroyed 8 countries, had significant military action in 4 more, and overthrown some governments on top of that, with utterly devastating consequences in at least one country (Ukraine).

[ensignavenger]

It may come down more to how one defines "enemy" and measures size. Romney was famously ridiculed for calling Russia out as the US's "number one geopolitical foe", rather than China. Many commentators changed their tune and decided he was right after Russia invaded Ukraine. Yet, Russia isn't as large as China, either by population, economy, or militarily.

Is China really an "enemy" and if so, to what degree compared to other nations?

[ks2048]

USA is their biggest trading partner.