China cooperation bad – they would steal our technology, then use it against us
Klomp, 2010 – Major, USAF [Jeremiah O., April, 2010, Air Command and Staff College, Air University, “Is Space Big Enough For A US-Sino Partnership?” http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA537174&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf, accessed June 24, 2011]
Since China is potentially one of our key peer competitors in the future, it does not seem wise to give them any additional advantage by first showing our hand to them, and then aiding them in the development of their own capabilities which would then likely be used against us. 22 Any collaboration with China would have to be strictly monitored to prevent either side from sharing or gathering more information than intended. Such actions would undermine relations, rather than improve them. Proliferation issues provide perhaps the strongest rationale against collaboration with China. Their historical lack of respect for intellectual property, as well as demonstrated willingness to engage in ‘unintentional technology transfers’ and outright piracy are strong detractors to a partnership in which cutting-edge technology would be used and/or shared. However, regarding intelligence gathering, partnering with China may give us some insight into the levels to which Chinese space has advanced and allow us to more accurately determine the 20 stages of their development and help us refine our strategy towards them. China has traditionally maintained a close hold an all things military, particularly with their space programs. Pursuing a partner-type relationship might help open a dialogue that would otherwise be stifled.
2ac China militarization turn
Turn: Chinese space militarization will increase deterrence, preventing war
Chase, 2011 – Ph.D. in international relations from Johns Hopkins, MA in China studies from SAIS, Johns Hopkins [Michael S., March 25, 2011, Jamestown Foundation Publication, “Defense and Deterrence in China’s Military Space Strategy” http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=37699&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=25&cHash=e3f0fcd233f563e2364ad7bc49425244, accessed June 21, 2011]
Within this broad context, Bao outlines a Chinese approach to space deterrence, one in which "an active defense will entail a robust deterrent force that has the ability to inflict unacceptable damage on an adversary" [20]. According to Bao, "under the conditions of American strategic dominance in space, reliable deterrents in space will decrease the possibility of the United States attacking Chinese space assets." Specifically, he writes, China "will develop anti-satellite and space weapons capable of effectively taking out an enemy’s space system, in order to constitute a reliable and credible defense strategy." This suggests that in addition to denying an enemy the ability to use its space systems in a war with China and countering the possibility of space-based missile defense capabilities undermining China’s nuclear deterrent, another of the missions for China’s counter-space capabilities could be protecting China’s own space systems by deterring an adversary from attacking them.
AT: China Military Modernization
Alt cause: US BMD development causes a Chinese nuclear attack
Blazejewski, 2008 – JD/MPA degree in NYU School of Law, previous work in American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, and the Democratic staff of the House Ways and Means Committee. [Kenneth S., 2008, “Space Weaponization and US-China Relations,” http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/2008/Spring/blazejewski.pdf,” Date accessed 6/26/2011]
On this account, China’s primary concern with US space weaponization is its contribution to a US multilayered missile defense shield. Indeed, China’s campaign for PAROS negotiation at the CD seems to intensify after each new development in United States BMD plans. Although China could respond to a BMD shield with effective countermeasures, future technological developments may permit the BMD system to vitiate China’s nuclear deterrent. In the case of a conflict over Taiwan, for example, a US space-based BMD system could prove very valuable to the United States. According to this view, if the United States decides to advance with such a BMD program, China will respond so as to maintain its nuclear deterrence. It will modernize its ICBM fleet (a program it has already initiated), develop further countermeasures to circumvent the BMD shield, and develop the means to launch multiple ASAT attacks. Ultimately, an arms race could ensue. This, however, would not be China’s chosen outcome. Its development of space weapons is merely a counter- strategy to what it views as likely US space weaponization. China would much prefer that the United States negotiate a PAROS agreement not to build the BMD shield. If this were the case, China’s January ASAT test would appear to be an attempt to get the United States to the negotiating table. By launching the ASAT, China sought to put the United States on notice that any attempt to weaponize outer space would lead to this mutually undesirable path.
2ac AT: Chinese First Strike Impact
No impact: no risk of a Chinese first strike
Shixiu 2007 - senior fellow of military theory studies and international relations at the Institute for Military Thought Studies, Academy of Military Sciences of the PLA [Bao, Winter 2007, China Security, “Emerging Threat,” http://www.wsichina.org/cs5_1.pdf, accessed June 21, 2011]
First and foremost, a deterrent in space will vigorously maintain “active defense” as its central strategy as it has for all other areas of national defense. Active defense is “defensive” but also “active.” It is defensive in that China will never conduct a first strike or take on offensive stance and will make every effort to prevent others from attacking China in space. That is, China will maintain a stance of second strike. But the Chinese strategy must also be active– and require China to possess the ability to launch “effective” counterattacks. In other words, an active defense will entail a robust deterrent force that has the ability to inflict unacceptable damage on an adversary.
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