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Hellbender said:
China is an enigma

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Yep. China hasn't been particularily aggressive as a modern nation, I admit that. They came in against us in the Korean War, and they work with our enemies like North Korea and Iran to cause us trouble - but they haven't invaded anybody lately.

I'm convinced they're going to take Taiwan back one of these days. At one time we would have gone to war over that, but we probably won't now. We probably couldn't - China won't invade Taiwan until they know they're able to defeat us in the western Pacific.

After being kicked around by the western powers for centuries, I think China has a chip on its shoulder. With the largest population in the world, they probably deserve to dominate Asia - but I wonder how much payback they want on us.

They've got no regard for human life, they could stand to lose half their population, and they've got a brutal, totalitarian regime. It worries me to see a country like that actively moving toward a position where they can whip us in a fair fight, worldwide and nuclear.

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