and why not?300 billion dollars are nothing they are a huge economy,and they are doing trade with almost each and every country not that i am against it ,we should definitely go for trade but that is about it !we just can not trust an enemy who we fought wars against we still have land dispute Chinese soldiers and their helicopters are still violating our air and land space ,remember if the united state can spend over a trillion dollar on wars why not china?by occupying AP they want to make a statement !this so called peaceful rise ends once they are cable enough to carry an invasion without firing a single bullet ...