I don't have much comment on this.
Other than the obvious one: “Strategy never survives a collision with Reality".
I also wonder: how well can the Chinese armed forces perform in actual battle, when they’ve not been in an actual battle since the 1979 war with Vietnam? When they lost.
As opposed to its most likely large rival the United States. Which has spent the best part of the last 40 years in battle. The last example of its skill being in the Midnight Hammer operation against the nuclear weapons facilities of Iran, which went flawlessly. Isn't there a huge advantage to the side that has actual battle experience?
