Yet the Chinesse have to deal with their own Muslims.
“Yet the Chinese have to deal with their own Muslims.”
The combined Chinese police forces have only slightly less funding than their entire military; which buys subs, planes and navy ships. So, you can only imagine how many millions of police they pay. They are probably confident that they can contain the Muslim population as they are willing to kill hundreds, thousands, or potentially millions. They do fear insurrection, but not nearly as much as they want to project power and strength. Right now, they need Iran’s oil more than they fear either us (currently a paper tiger) or their own Muslim population.
I believe the Chinese government is the same style brutal killers they were for much of the 20th century. Except now they wear pinstripe suits and speak excellent English. They also own our debt and their military is growing by leaps and bounds. Their military has already probably reached the point where any fight could be quickly carried to US shores as easily as we can reach them. They will also fight asymmetrically with mines that will cost us much if we try the traditional show of strength that has caused them to back down.
Before somebody makes an allusion to turning them into a glass parking lot, think through that two-way street.
China could eliminate ever Hui, Uyghur, and Dzunghar and the world wouldn’t notice. (I would, I support the Blue Turks of communist occupied East Turkestan, but the UN?)