What do they gain for such blatant sabre-rattling then? This seems to be more substantial than just rhetoric to me. I guess time will tell, but of late the Chinese are very insistent that it will happen.
What do they gain for such blatant sabre-rattling then?
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It for internal consumption - they believe it makes people more loyal to the Party or some such notion. The CCP is just like the DNC in that they take non-existent or a real problem and find a solution that makes it worse. So the CCP needs to drag the people out of the Deng/Hong Kong mentality into the New Maoish Xi Thought to increase Party loyalty and obedience.