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So do we.
Not likely to happen. China cannot offer anyone significant that they are being threatened and that ONLY China can offer an alliance beneficial to both sides. If anything, since the Cold War is over, it looks like China being militarily aggressive in Asia, is putting out the image that it is China who is the threatening one. So if China is perceived as being a negative factor when compared against the US, forget about those foreign bases.
Does not have to be. The PLA have always been the more assertive military than the US military when it comes to political affairs. A 'praetorian state' will come to be when the military's assertiveness, aggressiveness, and political influence begins to BALANCE the civilian side. Not subordinate and subservient, but BALANCE. Then if there is a crossover, we will have a military dictatorship.
BS! of course the military bases have to be counted as a measure of military aggressiveness! it is the country which has over 1000 military bases around the globe, the largest military budget, usa is the country with more joint military drills with another or many other countries in the world. the largest weapons manufacturer and exporter, the largest arsenal of nuke warheads ... most no of aircraft carriers - the dictator of the world