That's why they keep threatening us with nukes trying to scare us off from a conventional fight while they build up a massive arsenal. We would crush them if we had too, but they know we don't want to lose a city or two doing it. They're willing to risk total annihilation because they don't think we would want to look like a "high-tech nuclear bully"
The Chinese are more insane and crafty than Soviet Communists were. Bush is trying to bring them down exactly like Reagan brought down the USSR, with SDI.
SDI might help but the chinks are all about time. Be patient grasshopper for in the end we will win..........We can't for obvious reasons,play that game so SDI would upset their balance and would require new plans. Just about the time the ink on the plans is dry we need to juke-em with something else.
I figure in 50 years they will have a democracy!