[ExI] China's military power implications for American companies, investors

[Stuart LaForge]

Welcome back John. :-)

Quoting John Grigg:

> How should the the West respond to the potential military and economic
> threat of China? They already have a larger navy than the United States,
> though America still has an edge with technology and real world military
> experience. But this will definitely erode over time.

I don't know about the rest of "the West", but the United States  
should prepare to honor our treaties. They are by the Constitution,  
also the "law of the land". Apart from that, we should wait to see if  
threat becomes action.
Larger is not better on the battlefield. It is just larger.

Perhaps that is the true reason for the Forever Wars: so that the U.S.  
can always have seasoned veterans at its disposal.

> The senior leadership of China envision a military better than the U.S., by
> 2050. Xi wishes to see the retaking of Taiwan by force before he dies or
> retires. And so we may see an invasion by 2035.

Be careful with that John, "retaking" is pure propaganda on Xi's part.  
Taiwan is the last remnant of O.G. China. It is where Chiang Kai-shek  
and his family holed up after Mao Zedong took over the mainland. They  
are the last remnant of the former government of China. Some would add  
legitimate.

> This will be a war with many new or at least cutting edge technologies,
> such as lasers mounted on warships, railguns, cyber-warfare, super
> hypersonic missiles to attack warships, and underwater, surface and aerial
> drones for surveillance and combat. This will be a true 21st century armed
> conflict.

It will certainly make for interesting times as the old Chinese curse goes.

Stuart LaForge