Monday Matters

Columnist Steve Chapman shows his view on the growth if China, and its potential conflict with the United States. He explains that as a country gains power it may bump heads with the country that has current power. He sees this as a inevitable event, but believes that because China doesn't display the radical ideologies that many rising powers have in the last century, that they will not pose a threat to the Unites States power. He supports this idea through the use of stats. He compares the military abilities between the two counties, the US with 11 aircraft carriers and 3,700 advanced aircraft, compared to China's one used aircraft carrier and 307 modern airplanes.