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The Xi Pooh Flu was China’s first strike, against an unprotected flank. Their allies are the Democrats and the media, running cover for them, bought off by them.

Our 100,000 Americans dead by virus are War Dead, casualties of the strike.

So if China attacks Taiwan, perhaps we arrange for a new generation of ‘liberator’ pistols in massive quantities to be airdropped by drones in NK and China’s western provinces. That ought to give Xi’s buds in the CCP something to worry about. Every pistol would mean a chance for the Uyghur, Nork or Chinese serfs to acquire a Chinese government made, real assault rifle.

IMHO, by the time Xi’s reign is over, he will have made a play for Taiwan. And maybe more. What he’s doing over Hong Kong suggests he’s a man in a hurry. There is no pressing need to do anything about Hong Kong. In fact, it serves the same function that it did when China had a closed economy - it’s an economic valve for China to do business with the West much the way the West does business with other members of the club. By destroying Hong Kong’s protected status, and therefore the economic privileges HK retains with the West, he has signaled that he believes China doesn’t need this outlet.

Is China in a position to complete the task Xi has set out for it? It’s certainly possible. When Japan carried out the Pearl Harbor attacks, its economy (including its overseas possessions) was 1/5 the size of the US economy. China’s economy is half the size of the American economy today.

Note that Chinese conquerors have generally been content with incremental gains, whereas Japan wanted the whole enchilada, with troops positioned a hop and a skip away from Australia. So the entire Chinese military will be focused on its particular region of interest - the airspace and waters around Taiwan, which will make it much more challenging just in terms of the number of Chinese air and naval units that any country coming to Taiwan’s aid will have to face. I also expect him to attempt to cement China’s hold on the South China Sea by seizing foreign vessels passing through the region. We’ll see.

Xi Jinping’s recent moves are offensive, not defensive. It’s human nature to want more than you have. It’s why man’s long-ago ancestors were hairless apes who wore animal skins, mastered fire, crossed rivers and seas and hunted big game while their cousins - chimps, gorillas and orangutans - were content with staying where they were and dining on berries and roots.

The virus thing was probably an accident. But the outside hostility is the perfect opportunity for him to rally support for what he wanted to do anyway. It’s actually pretty standard practice to push your adversaries without quite crossing over into armed hostilities until they push back, so you can say the other guy started it. For instance, the winning of the West required relentless incursions into Indian territory until they began raiding colonial settlements. China’s expansion from a small kingdom on the banks of the Yellow River involved similar tactics. I’d say it was pretty much a universal tactic for any country of any size beyond a small village encompassing a few dozen people.

China’s military is picking fights with several boarder countries. They are trying to get the news off Hong Kong and the virus. And they are trying to dissuade foreign business’ from moving to countries like India, in fear that their may be a China/Indian war. If companies will just wait until the wind changes, China may be able to save some business.

Let them become more aggressive. While I feel very sorry for those who will be immediately impacted, such will, in combination with how China screwed over the world with the Wuhan Virus, serve to wake up people to the evil that is the CCP. That will cause nations to unite in a new Cold War to contain and, ultimately, bankrupt China so that they can have a revolution like Russia did to get rid of the Communists there. If we don’t wake up and initiate containment and active measures to harm the Chinese economy, China will continue to grow in power and present a threat much like Germany did in 1939 - i.e. we’ll be at war with a strong enemy - this time with nukes and 4 times our population.