The idea that China needs the 200-strong DART to help them out is quite frankly laughable, and a sign that whoever came up with that plan is really out of touch. China is not some failed third-world state; it is a powerful global economic and cultural force with massive armed forces.
DART could definitely help somewhere like Burma, but it's unlikely they will get the chance. That is no reason to try to cook up things for them to do elsewhere in the region; one country that doesn't want them should be enough for the moment. This story kicked up a lot of comments, but most if not all of them missed the fact that China has no interest in DART at all.
The head of the Chinese Canadian National Council can say whatever she wants, but China doesn't need us or want us so I can't see our government pushing it unless they've completely lost their collective mind.
I thought I had a lot more to say about that, but sometimes less is more I guess.
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