On Balance, the Rise of China is beneficial to the interests of the United States

Good Luck I agree to broaden my rise of china definition My opponents first argument is that jobs are lost due to China's rise I have 5 refutations 1. China is not stealing jobs as their rise will change them to a service oriented economy, changing the course of our jobs. 2. Since we gave up industrialism, and turned to a service oriented economy, jobs are being shipped overseas. We as the US made that choice. We cannot expect jobs to come to us because the company is "hard core American" and wants the jobs to stay in America, though it might be cheaper for their country to ship their jobs someplace else 3. According to the Fiscal Cliff Times, China"s wages might be increasing we"re not admitting this to our opponents, but in the case our opponents are right, we win in both scenarios. China"s manufacturing productivity will improve at half that rate. There is a shortage of skilled workers even in major manufacturing centers such as Shanghai and Tianjin. In the U.S., wage increases have been minimal for years and will remain at 3 percent or so annually. U.S. productivity will remain higher than China"s by a wide margin, and government incentives are also a factor in attracting US manufacturers back home. "Reinvesting in the U.S. will accelerate," the study says, "as it becomes one of the cheapest locations for manufacturing in the developed world." 4. we can already see a trend: according to a Boston Consulting Group study [{[cited in fiscal times study above]}]: U.S. manufacturing grew at an estimated annual rate of 9.1%in the first quarter of this year, compared with a disappointing 1.8% for the economy as a whole. 5. For instance: Ford is repatriating 2,000 jobs from China to America toy maker Wham-o is repatriating half of its production of Hula Hoops and Frisbees most from China Their second argument is that China's economic policies threaten the United States Dollar This is completely wrong China would never threaten the US dollar. If they decrease the value of the US dollar would cause China's bonds that US owes them to become worthless China would lose out if the US dollar is threaten, so clearly there is no harm in the 2nd argument Their third argument is that China's rise is a military threat I have 7 refutations 1. According to the Heritage Foundation, China invests $30 billion in the United States. The US owes $907 billion to China for their holdings of our treasury securities. Thus, China going to war with the United States would be a very unlikely act, as destroying the US militarily would mean that the US would be less likely to pay back the debts it owes to China. 2. According to RAND, threat is composed of intent and capability. China doesn"t have the intent to attack the United States because we are good trading partners with them, and China invests a lot in the US, money that may be lost when China attacks the US. 3. Actually, China"s military is growing complacent. According to the New York Times, Colonel Liu, a former professor at China"s National Defense University, wrote that the army had not been tested in decades and had grown complacent. "As a military that has not fought a war for 30 years, the People"s Liberation Army has reached a stage in which its biggest danger and No. 1 foe is corruption," 4. According to Foreign Policy Here the PLA lags far behind the Pentagon. In 2009, the U.S. military spent $738 billion on defense and homeland security. Estimates for China's annual military budget vary considerably, ranging from $69.5 billion to $150 billion, but it's clear that U.S. military spending is still several times higher than China's, the world's second highest. 5. China is doing their share to reduce their consumption of gasoline. According to World Bank, China is currently taking drastic measures to help reduce their environmental footprint. For example: Between 2011 and 2015, China"s central government plans to invest around $470 billion dollars in protecting the environment, more than double what was invested over the previous 5 years. 6. China has an expanding green vehicle industry. Export amounts are predicted to rise from $180 billion today to $280 billion by 2030. Green services will double by that year, with exports predicted to rise to $125 billion. 7. According to foreignpolicy.com, Washington"s cyber-warfare capability on Beijing"s ability to wage high-technology warfare is equally significant. The same advanced Chinese technologies and weaponry that pessimists argue present a major threat to U.S. security, including asbms, are highly dependent on advanced communication and surveillance technologies that are particularly vulnerable to U.S. cyber attacks. As you can see, I have solidly refuted each of my opponents arguments So, for all these reasons, please vote for the AFF