> I'm on a mailing list with a bunch of career-in-the-trenches and
> military-adjacent types who opine that no such weapons exist, and that
> this is just China rattling our cage and puffing out their chest.
Could be. They seem to be doing that a lot lately.
> The CCP is trying to build up national fervor for a military adventure against
> Taiwan and Japan. Unlikely to go well... Folks on the mailing
> list noted that while Japan (and probably likewise Korea) "doesn't have nukes"
> right now... they *could* put 'em together literally overnight.
Yes, I am sure both are capable. My guess is that they would attack either
of them to see how we would respond.
> Also, the idea that China is broadly wealthy is wrong. Caspian Report
> had a good vid this week on why they're stuck with the CCP, and very
> telling was the economic map: all the wealth is along the coast; the
> rest of the country is still dirt-poor. (No more poverty? Well, of
> course not; not after poverty was redefined as earning less than $400/year.)
I have never believed that China was wealthy, outside from some of the
elite members of the CCP. Most of their population is in the geographic half of
the country that is closest to the coast, too.
> China Observer is a good channel for keeping up with the CCP Follies.
Thanks, I will have to check on them.
> Let's Go Brandon!
Indeed! :)
Mike
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