CHINA How big a threat? Inside the bitter fight over assessing China's intentions
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010723/world/china.htm
...As Rand held conferences with experts and conducted its analysis, it seemed that the eventual report would depict China as a growing military power–but as no match for the United States in the near future. The NIC–itself under pressure from Republican hawks in Congress–appeared to be looking for a different, more alarming conclusion. At one point, for instance, the NIC pressured Rand to add several specific China hard-liners to its conference roster, U.S. News has learned. "They want China to be 10 feet tall," complains one analyst familiar with the project. "They're cooking the books." Faced with resistance from Rand, according to some sources, the NIC decided to seek a more compliant contractor. A senior intelligence official denies that the NIC was shopping for a predetermined result....
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