They did. Then their populace discovered the bourgeois life was not so bad. Now the same 40 million would drown the PLA in their own blood. Xi's concern is not sabre-rattling, it is continental civil war after a regional gunfight gets out of hand.
Well at least gold is going up ... maybe a Krug can be sacrificed for some new MRE flavors ... anybody got any new favorites?
“Then their populace discovered the bourgeois life was not so bad.”
How do you come to be so knowledgeable regarding the hopes and dreams of the average Chinese person?