“Actually, in the past the Chinese army has found losing a few hundred thousand killed a completely sufficient incentive to back the heck down. Ask the Vietnamese, or a Korean war veteran. Hyperbolic yellow peril nonsense about supposed indifference to massive casualties is and always has been a delusion.”
Oh really? I guess its safe to ignore thousands of years of Chinese history then.
The Chinese leadership only cares about massive casualties if it impacts them. If its a means to the end then they will happily throw away lives. Unlike the US they don’t have to worry about the press or about popular opinion. Any disagreement is met with immediate and overwhelming force.
As soon as someone resists they drum up some kinda charges and throw them in jail or just shoot them.