I don't think China could win a conventional war with us but they really don't have much to lose either. They know we won't or probably can't invade them, and they have a real surplus of young men due to their forced abortion policy.
I just realized I should have said that China could not win a war with us now. That might change in the future if things keep going the way they are.
Tienanmen should be a huge clue.
The Beijing leaders
REALLY DO NOT
CARE
that much
if they lose even 800,000,000 or more people in a war.
They feel justified seeing China as abused and hemmed in the last 200 years. They consider this slated to be the CHINESE CENTURY if not the CHINESE MILLENIUM.
They figure that regardless of their population losses, there would be at least proportionate losses to their opponents.
They figure they can easily dominate the world that's left.
Part of that is cultural and personal arrogance. Part of it is not that far fetched logic from their perspective.
Of course, they have little clue--in spite of God's massive moves in China--they have little clue that God has a lot more options and a lot more accurate perspective than they do.
This will NOT be the Chinese century.
This will certainly NOT be the Chinese millenium.
This century and the rest of eternity belongs to THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, JESUS, THE CHRIST.
China will meet more than it's match when it descends on Israel as The Bible declares it will--given the givens, in our era. Only the percentage of very authentic Christians in China will be any hint of it's saving grace. China is a more Christian nation in raw numbers than the USA is. Their continued persecution increases their prayer clout.
Chinese leaders also likely believe that we don't have enough nukes to cover their vast country very adequately.