They just apparently threatened us will literal war.
> “They just apparently threatened us will literal war.”
No, they didn’t.
Why would they want a shooting war with us when they know we are superior to them in every aspect of conventional warfare? Just because they are not happy we won’t allow them to continue to make hundreds of billions every year off of us? Really?
Their military is untested with rampant corruption throughout the ranks. They also have enough internal problems that starting a war now would only hasten the collapse of the regime.
Besides, how can they start a war with us when the Party elites have a lot of their assets in the US, not to mention their children and grandchildren are actually US citizens or green-card holders.
But they have been very defiant in their state-owned media portraying the US as a big bully trying to stop China’s ascent, and that they are not afraid and ready to take on the enemy. Such rhetoric should be rightly considered as domestic propaganda rather than anything based in reality.
Remember the majority of their populace is largely ignorant of what is really going on because of the information blockade, and propaganda is a necessary tool of the communists because they have no legitimate claim to power and are very afraid of the people rising up against them. Hence the CCP needs to spin every failure as a victory, always trying to paint the picture that China is strong and highly regarded in the world stage under the CCP. Incidentally, this is what gave rise to the erroneous perception that the Chinese are culturally obsessed with saving face.