Original sentence: In addition, many have argued that military confrontation with the US is not the goal of the Chinese government at this point: a direct military conflict witht the United States now would lead to the economic collapse of China and possibly the US, something neither the Chinese government nor people want now that their economy is growing at an unprecedented rate.The 2002 National security strategy embraces the maintainance of US hegemony and details a strategy to check China's attempts to alter the status quo, the stated main elements including promoting democracy and standing firm on the defense of Taiwan.They point out that China's highly touted jet fighters and other high-tech equipment does not represent the current state of its armed forces, much of which is still using 80s-era Soviet equipment
Edited sentence: The 2002 National security strategy embraces the maintainance of US hegemony and details a strategy to check China's attempts to alter the status quo, the main elements including promoting democracy and standing firm on the defense of Taiwan.They point out that China's highly touted jet fighters and other high-tech equipment does not represent the current state of its armed forces, which is still mostly backwards, poorly suited for offense, and plagued by corruption and criminal connections