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Unbridled9 posted...

However due to multiple great trade deals and a lack of checks on their power they've been allowed to effectively explode military-wise. Now not only are their cities developed but their military is modernized and arguably beats the U.S. in certain areas while having a larger population pool to draw from.

China's military doesn't beat the US in the areas that matter. Even when you add China and Russia's aircraft count together, it's still roughly half that of the US (or equal to it, in the case of fighters). China and Russia are both focused on ground forces, which haven't been a deciding factor in warfare in ages. And in many cases the reason why the US has fewer of a certain type than China today is because those things are outmoded.

And China and Russia's focus on ground forces (as well as India's) is mostly relevant because they're neighbors and they're all basically playing the same game. It's like a group of people with swords who choose to battle with them. It works great against other swords, but what happens when people bring guns?

Unbridled9 posted...

Or rather it IS but not to the degree you're thinking. First off, a war between China would heavily involve naval might and transport.

That's 1950s thinking, although even back then conventional naval warfare was being replaced by aerial warfare. China is out there building warships when it should be doing air carriers.

Unbridled9 posted...

That's... really stupid. If America thought they had a chance to win a war they would have started it already. They absolutely despite China and Communism as a whole. They're pretty much a real world Gondor.

Modern China is expansionist, modern America really isn't. It's pretty evident through their series of technical border violations and illegal seizures. While trade is often more profitable than war, I honestly wouldn't put it past Chairman Xi to try to conquer as much land as he could if he could do so easily. You don't really have that same sentiment in American politics; in fact, the opposite is true.

That said, given the costs and unpopularity of war, even if a full measure of China's atrocities became known, it's unlikely that you'd see military intervention since we don't even see that in NK.

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