China on track for modern military by 2020: Pentagon

Prophecy Sign: The Kings of the East; A powerful economic
and military bloc that will exist at the last days.



China has come a long ways in a very short period of time.  From an insular communist nation that shunned the world, to a nation that now has the second largest economy in the world, and is fast becoming a military super-power.  In fact, China is considered by itself to be one of the 10 economic regions of the world that the Council of  Rome set out several decades ago.  (Perhaps on of the 10 Kingdoms that Daniel and The Apostle John both saw in future prophecy?).



China is likely to make up a good portion of the Kings of the East that will come against the Antichrist at the time of the end, (Daniel 11).



The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,
and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
Revelation 16:12 NIV



From the article:

China appears on track to forge a modern military by 2020, a rapid buildup that could be potentially destabilizing to the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Fueled by its booming economy, China's military growth in the past decade has exceeded most U.S. forecasts. Its aircraft carrier program, cyber warfare capabilities and anti-satellite missiles have alarmed neighbors and Washington.

China on track for modern military by 2020: Pentagon

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/24/us-usa-china-idUSTRE77N5TY20110824