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new poll conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs indicates that should China’s economy grow to rival that of the US, most residents of the 13 countries in the survey believe the effect would be “mostly positive” or “equally” positive and negative, reports WorldPublicOpinion.org. The survey also showed that more believe China’s economic prowess will one day match that of the US.
U.S. Air Force F-35s and F-22s regularly deploy deep into the Pacific region from Alaska, Utah, and Hawaii. In the future, though, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command would like to see the Air Force permanently station fifth-generation aircraft west of the international date line—closer to China.