[who_would_fardels_bear]

What about the Indians? There are more of them (or soon will be) than Chinese. They have very smart people in their midst (especially the Parsi). They are willing to fight for their sovereignty.

They also have a lot of experience fighting/negotiating with Muslims.

[sergeantdave]

“What about the Indians? There are more of them (or soon will be) than Chinese.”

You raise a good point. India is the wild card in the next two decades. The window for China to act economically and militarily is rapidly closing. By 2030, half the Chinese population will be 50-years of age and older. The stupid ChiComms have aborted their future.

OTH, half the population of India will be 30-years of age or younger by 2030. That demographic will make India the No. 1 economic powerhouse in Asia. That also bodes well for India’s military strength.

Private equity firms have been leaving China in droves since 2011. Smart money is betting that China will rapidly recede as a viable economic power in the upcoming years. (That’s a big hint to people invested in China to get out now while the getting is good.)

India has relatively free markets compared to the declining communist markets favored by the ChiComm leadership.

India is the future. China is the past.