Quite a pic to be kept in background the .....
Next time your military chiefs can pose for a photo with guests having this fantastic photo in background
They won't be holding while country like in Afghanistan this time.
They will hold strategic areas like sea ports and will negotiate from position of strength
If USA is attacking means it has already made up it's mind.
Blockading Malacca doesn't take much effort for USA but needs a lot of effort for China. You lack any bases near it.
Blockade happens even with subs. U lack presence there
Chinese navy as on now is no competition to USN.
All this is...
Comparison with UAE in oil production!!
They are almost non producers.
Better than that is the oil reserves of China are huge and last almost 90 days(afaik).
Russian buffer is also there
Even these days internal trade is dependent on external trade. China imports significant amount of raw...
Korea and Japan will get oil from USA.
Blockage of channel is disturbing to global economy in few sectors like semiconductors, rest all are not that significant
Not sure about hyperinflation part ...
China is not a significant provider of food grains so as to cause global crisis
1. Other naval forces (ex. USA) can easily block Chinese vessels at around these areas. Even chinese navy can't exert its presence at such long distance for long
2. Delay in transport also causes their industries to suffer.
Except long route around Australia every route is narrow and can be blocked easily.
Blocking trade routes makes it very costly for China making their products uncompetitive for that period
The Russians have a valid point
They have been promised that nato won't ever reaches their borders
Formal or informal, the west has to keep up it's word
There is YouTube video
F-15 vs S-400
F-35 vs S400 you can see that. Vis a vis Pakistan there will be significant attrition of Pakistani air fleet and armament before taken down
Actually Chinese hospitals are even more advanced than shown here
One CTVS surgeon from India went to xonxiang (one of the poorest provinces of China) for a conference
The hospitals there are far more advanced than in many in delhi
China is way ahead in terms of health