this is a threat to our livestyle - a big one.
A friend of mine is a project leader for Bayer Engineering. He's in China in the moment. He consideres the situation to be 'not at all funny'.
He says these guys will roll us in leaves and smoke us in about 10 years (we = EU)
Now will you stop chearing !!!
They will get used to smoke western civilizations you know...
I think we could take them on their own soil in less than two months. That's if they allow us enough time to build-up in Japan or the Korean peninsula.
The problem with the Chinese is that they do not have the maneuver capability and communication that we do. They also do not have the will to fight. Why would a poor bunch of conscripts fight for less Freedom?
The Chinese would fold like a cheap paper sack, and they know it. That is why they won't look for a military solution to Taiwan ...at least while a Republican is in office.