China has far more troops and money than Russia did. Whether they can sustain an invasion and occupation remains to be seen, but Hong Kong is under their thumb, and Taiwan is in perpetual stalemate. Xi also doesn’t need to placate the oligarchy the same way Putin does, either. Any military operations would likely be short and tactical use of overwhelming force.
Winnie the Pooh might not learn from the mistakes of others, but Xi does.
I bet China is just as much of a paper tiger as Russia turned out to be.
Would you bet the world on it?
It doesn’t matter what I do. The world leaders aren’t going to ask me for my opinion. But I hope that’s the case.
China has far more troops and money than Russia did. Whether they can sustain an invasion and occupation remains to be seen, but Hong Kong is under their thumb, and Taiwan is in perpetual stalemate. Xi also doesn’t need to placate the oligarchy the same way Putin does, either. Any military operations would likely be short and tactical use of overwhelming force.
Winnie the Pooh might not learn from the mistakes of others, but Xi does.