If there is a fight, and if Japan comes out on top, I don't think China could handle that. It would be shattering.
Despite our huge military we can’t afford to offend either of the two biggest supporters of our welfare debt.
I wonder what past nation that makes us like?
If they lost, the Chinese government would be overthrown, just like the Argentine junta after the Falklands War. It would also add to the list of Chinese humiliations at the hands of their island cousins.