Failing to appreciate how greatly the ebb and flow of commerce depends upon an efficient and safe aviation system, and possibly insensitive to the aggressive competition from foreign aerospace manufacturers seeking advances in ATC modernization, they argue there are more pressing problems that demand attention and dollars.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was sufficiently concerned about the need for modernization of the nuclear arsenal to include provisions on the 1251 Plan in its resolution of ratification.
It puts Chinese military modernization in a much larger context that talks about China's economic development, trade policies, foreign policies, China's domestic problems.