[RightWhale]

China tested thermonuclear bombs in the sixties. Aside from threatening to turn Los Angeles into a sea of fire they have been acting like adults so far.

[rlmorel]

"...Aside from threatening to turn Los Angeles into a sea of fire they have been acting like adults so far."

[NZerFromHK]

"China tested thermonuclear bombs in the sixties. Aside from threatening to turn Los Angeles into a sea of fire they have been acting like adults so far."

Well Mao Zedong's words in the 1960s suggested otherwise. And in the 1970s his rhetorics suggested otherwise because in his own words, "our nukes can only be used on a few neighboring countries."

And then in 1990s things changed again. Ever heard of "Unrestricted Warfare" by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui? Ever heard of unclear blackmail by Zhu Chengfu last year? There are even scarier rhetoric from high-ranking PLA officers that so far have escaped Western attentions since so few speak any Chinese at all.

[Maceman]

China tested thermonuclear bombs in the sixties. Aside from threatening to turn Los Angeles into a sea of fire they have been acting like adults so far.

Yeah, but in the 60s they still didn't have an airplane to deliver it. China's ability to deliver long range nuclear missiles is much more recent. So they really had no choice except to act like adults. That's all changing now.