How China's Military Views the United States

The most clear indication that China is in trouble is that the Chinese people do not support Xi as their leader. They are continuing to mourn former leader Li Keqiang, with the catchphrase "he understood me" to indicate that the current president does not understand the average Chinese person and has not been successful in meeting their needs and expectations. Xi has only brought China to economic ruin and the precipice of war.

Death of China’s former premier offers a way to air frustration with Xi era | CNN

 

Biden v. Trump has little to do with China. Off-topic: SUSTAINED.

 

Taiwan's president says she doesn't think that China will invade anytime soon. She thinks that China will be busy with their economic problems. There are a couple of problems with that:

1) If China thinks that Taiwan is not prepared to defend the island (because "it won't happen anytime soon"), then now is a terrific time to invade Taiwan.

2) The idea that China is busy dealing with domestic economic issues should make the prospect for invasion more scary, not less. For one thing, the military is not involved with the real estate crisis or the floundering economy. For another, a desperate and unpopular regime might start a military attack to distract the population from their domestic problems and unite them behind a nationalist banner.

Taiwan leader says China invasion unlikely for now

 

There is nothing better than living in a country where one poor choice of comment or joke about the government or military can get you ten years in prison, or force your company to pay a $2 million fine.

 

The U.S. has reclaimed an airfield from WWII in Tinian to use as a potential base against China, should war break out.

Satellite photos show how the US Air Force is reclaiming a WWII-era airfield from the jungle to prepare to dodge Chinese missiles

 

Here is another oddity about life in China: making a video about cooking egg-fried rice in October or November is equivalent to mocking the death of Chairman Mao's eldest son, and can cause your career to go downhill real quick. One chef had to vow to never make the dish again after making this mistake. Uhh, wut?

Apparently, the chairman's son refused an order to take shelter during an air raid during the Korean War, choosing to make egg-fried rice instead. The smoke from his stove allegedly attracted the attention of U.S. bombers, who put out the fire. His death was in late-October, 1950.

Chinese celebrity chef vows to never cook egg fried rice again after nationalist backlash | CNN

I have never heard of a people as thin-skinned as the Chinese. With 4,000 years of history, it is amazing that you can do anything on any given day and not insult someone from China's past.

 

The Brits believe that war with China is inevitable. U.S. business elites applauded Xi's desperate lies in San Francisco, which appealed to their greed, if not their intellect. Elections in Taiwan in mid-January could impact China's decision to invade or not.

War is coming. The time for doing business with China is finished

 

Taiwan has been upgrading its F-16's to F-16V's. The modernization should be complete by the end of the year. They will have a total of 141 of the aircraft.

Taiwan’s Final Upgraded F-16V Completes Test Flights

 

Taiwan may have to wait in line to be attacked by China. The Philippines may be first. China may be thinking that their navy needs to be tested against an opponent with less clear support from the U.S. China apparently wants to convert the Second Thomas Shoal into another illegal offshore military base. China has already militarized Mischeif Reef, which is 25 miles away.

Side note: think that the Philippines may be regretting pushing the U.S. out of naval bases in their country?

Anyway, the Philippines is getting clever and using China's own tactics against them. They are bringing in large numbers of "fishermen" who do not fish on boats (a maritime militia) into conflicted areas to establish right of passage in seas they claim (in this case, their own seas). China is not sure how to react to this, other than to threaten the Philippines.

The next 'explosive' conflict could be in the South China Sea