"It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time."

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The Chinese military budget today is officially listed as, I think, about $15 billion. But even if you double it, that's only a tenth of ours. So the possibility of China challenging the United States for the next ten years over the Pacific is next to zero. There could be a conflict between us and China over Taiwan, but I think that, too, will not occur with the proper policies on both sides.

— Henry A. Kissinger