China being a Strategic Competitor rather than a Strategic Partner to the United States

In the last one decade, China has posed several economic and military challenges to the government of the United States, which has enjoyed the monopoly of being the superpower for more than five decades. America is facing a lot of challenges from terrorism to economic problems that most people believed was greatly affected by the war that President Bush initiated against Afghanistan and Iraq in his quest to finish terrorism (Peerenboom, 2007).

How has China turned to be a Competitor of the US
Most analysts view China as a threat to America as they are gaining more allies especially from Africa and other parts of the world. China is a peaceful stable country that has got a strong military and a positive economic growth. China as a country is known for being transparent and upholds good values unlike America that is always perceived to be a country full of immorality.

According to Peerenboom (2007), for a country to be considered a superpower, it must ensure that good moralsculture are maintained and absorbed by other States, must be economically stable and should have a well organized military that can defend the superpower and others at the same time. Most political scientists view China as a threat to the USA but others view it as a partner. According to Bush, he described China as a strategic competitor but not a partner.

China has gained goodwill from other States like Kenya that has enabled Chinese government to export most of their products mostly electronics and in exchange, they have won contracts both on road and dam construction in most parts of Africa and specifically in Kenya for the last five years. This is a threat to the United States that has enjoyed the monopoly of power for the past decades (Peerenboom, 2007).

Conclusion
It is worth noting that Chinas growth will highly depend on good leadership, political stability, increasing integration, investments and expansion of their financial market, as they have done in the past. China can therefore be categorized as a competitor of the United States but not a partner.

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