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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
India and China are developing as regional powers that are concerned about each other, relatively unrelated to China/US issues. Both are developing stronger fleets in general, and carrier capabilities as well.
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I think one should bear in mind that China has interest in many overseas location - for instance Africa. With the number of people based abroad and the major investments made I do not think it far fetched that China would want the capacity to be able to make air strikes and land limited forces to evacuate personel etc.
And as Horsesoldier said - China has to compete with India,Vietnam and Japan among others.
Taking on the US seems a like a bad idea for the Chinese leadership.