The Military Equation: China's Rapid Rise and Its Global Implications China's military modernization has not been a gradual process, as some might suggest.
According to Lyle Goldstein, a senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the truth is more astonishing: China's military has undergone a transformation that is breathtaking in its scope.
Goldstein's assessment acknowledges what many have warned about for years – China's military modernization efforts have accelerated rapidly.