In The United States today there is a significant fear that the rise of power in the PRC could threaten the American hegemony of military power. The actual significance of this change may simply just be a perceived notion with no foundation in fact. Andrew Scobell and Andrew Nathan recently co-wrote China’s Overstretched Military, an article about the limits of Chinese power in the world. They state that while The LPA poses a much greater threat than it did twenty years ago, it is still no major threat to the United States military supremacy. The majority of this may lie in China’s geography. China is vast territory that is not yet fully under the control of the central government. The majority of all LPA actions taken over the next few years will almost certainly be in the protection of domestic security. The PRC’s borders are massive in scale with over 14,000 miles of land border and 9000 miles of coastline. Compare this with the United States roughly 8000 miles of land border and you can see the significantly greater task that the Chinese face over the United States. Also combined with the American beurocratic structure known as homeland security alleviates the stresses of border protection from the army. This coupled with the problems of the ability of the PRC to establish sovereignty over the Taiwan Island and other regional problems coupled with the persistent and increasing United States’ presence has continued to outstrip the Chinese military capabilities despite its increasing power.