[ytrebil]

China has pledged to rapidly defeat the US in a military conflict...

China isn't going to defeat any country in a military conflict that has nuclear weapons that can completely destroy China.

[ScottinVA]

“China isn’t going to defeat any country in a military conflict that has nuclear weapons that can completely destroy China.”

But when said country’s “leader” supported Obama’s no-first-use policy, wants to drastically reduce its nuke arsenal, and has a history of on-the-knees fealty to China, the Chinese have no reason to fear anything.

[indthkr]

"that can completely destroy China."

In the Chinese System, the only part whose survival matters is the membership of the ruling communist politburo.