Wouldn’t that just keep them busy for the afternoon doing math 1.4 billion -........=.
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1.43 billion, minus 4 major cities, plus countless smaller towns and villages, minus 400 million murdered innocent Chinese = a rounding error, minus loss of face = nuclear war.
The CCP does not care about loses to population rather cares about loss of face loss, of standing because the CCP is never wrong. Insults such as the above would unite the Chinese people behind the once hated CCP and now demand blood of the murderer in equal or superior numbers.
Once you have seen 10s of thousands of Chinese coming at you with pitchforks, climbing over the dead bodies of their fellow pitchfork wielders piled 6-10 feet high, in the dead of a freezing winter night, and into withering Ma Duce fire, barrels glowing cherry red, you will never doubt their sincerity to willingly die when necessary for their cause.
Never make threats that result in the worse case scenario for you.
That was China back in the days they were used to hardship, death and suffering.
Nowadays thanks to the one child policy and rising prosperity most of them are probably spoiled mama’s boys who aren’t quite as willing to be used as expendable worker/soldier ants for the good of the hive.