Back when I was a young pup I actually believed people were fairly smart and would not do stupid things that end up hurting themselves.
Now with age (and a Graduate of the school of hard knocks) I understand everyone can and will be irrational at times.
The leadership in China has made some mistakes which will cost him his job (if not his life). Going to war over Taiwan is both irrational and pointless. Thinking of using nuclear weapons is just insane.
So while it is irrational and insane it is possible the Xi could consider using Nukes.
However, there is a rough sort of Check and Balance in China. The Military, those that actually control those nukes may not wish to die when several nations retaliates against China.
“Back when I was a young pup I actually believed people were fairly smart and would not do stupid things that end up hurting themselves.”
Carlo Cipolla disagrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla
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