Actually, you're far more predictable than I ever will be.
I am beginning to wonder if you are a flesh and blood being, or, an AI program which design pattern is to automatically refute any and all claims of PRC military arms increase.
Kindly quit defaming me, good sir.
I don't deny that the PRC is increasing it's military capabilities. I point out that the PRC's military capabilities are, even at their improved levels, not very good--and that the PRC has serious structural problems associated with over five decades of Communist rule.
I wonder why you think that the PRC never makes the dumb mistakes endemic to totalitarian regimes. Perhaps you find their system of governance more congenial to your ideology.
You seemingly cannot encounter a thread on Chinese armament that you do not reflexively downplay.
You seemingly cannot encounter a thread on Chinese armament that you do not reflexively lose control of your sphincters and scream that the sky is falling.
The question I have is, why?
Because I know what I'm talking about, and you're a fearful, weak-kneed, wannabe cheese-eating surrender monkey.
I take a realistic view of ChiCom military prowess.
I recognize that until the ChiComs can successfully conquer the 100 miles of water between the mainland and Taiwan (read: until the ChiComs actually build a worthwhile navy, which will take longer than they have before the alarm clock of history goes off), they are forever trapped on the Eurasian landmass--and the only feasible route for their expansive energies is the territory of their alleged ally.