[templar]

From what I know of the "Art of War" tenets, the Chinese would most like use a perceived threat of force rather than actually resort to it...

Or appear to be harmless while developing and deploying overwhelming force.

The art of war is the art of deception. When weak appear strong, when strong appear weak. When near appear far away, when far away appear near.

[dwd1]

Well stated... What scares me the most is the perception (hopefully based on deception) that they have a lot of "disposable people"...
I also notice how they are quietly gaining more influence over Taiwan...

And with Hong Kong having gone back to them in 1997, one could argue that they are discreetly executing some plan...

And unlike Saddam Hussein, they do have a historical claim to Formosa (Taiwan)...

[dwd1]

Granted we did not have satellites back in 53 but to be able to move 300,000 men to the Yalu River... Scary....