中国不满美国军事报告称中国是 '威胁'

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BBC Chinese, July 3, 2015
www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/ ... a_opposes_us_report
("美国在星期三（7月1日）发表《国家军事战略报告》。该报告称，中国在南海的主张有 '侵略性，与国际法不符。'  该报告还说，'中国在南海岛礁的扩建活动加剧了亚太紧张局势。'  但中国外交部发言人华春莹在例行的新闻发布会 * * * 说，'我们对美方报告中无端渲染中国威胁的有关内容表示不满和反对' ”)

My comment:
(a) With respect to China: 威胁 is China's word, not America's.
(b) I had a posting titled ('National Military Strategy') dated July 1, which quoted Defense News as saying, "The strategy specifically calls out Iran, Russia and North Korea as aggressive threats to global peace."

However, again the term "aggressive threats" is Defense News, not America's.

(c) Searching through National Military Strategy ("Strategy"), I find
(i) the Strategy at page 2 states, "Iran also poses strategic challenges to the international community;" and
(ii) the same at page 9 says,

"In Europe, we remain steadfast in our commitment to our NATO allies. NATO provides vital collective security guarantees and is strategically important for deterring conflict, particularly in light of recent Russian aggression on its periphery."

These two instances are the most ominous the Strategy has to say about Iran and Russia--and say little about N Korea.  Let alone China.
(iii) The Strategy does use "threat" or "threaten" twenty (20) times, but in vague ways (an example: "VEOs [violent extremist organizations, such as ISIL], in contrast, pose an immediate threat to transregional security") and not in the discussion of any foreign entities