China steps up preparedness for possible military conflict with US

[octoberlib]

China is stepping up preparedness for a possible military conflict with the US as the Donald Trump presidency has increased the risk of hostilities breaking out, state media and military observers said.

Beijing is bracing itself for a possible deterioration in Sino-US ties, with a particular emphasis on maritime security.
The People’s Liberation Army said in a commentary on its official website last Friday, the day of Trump’s inauguration, that the chances of war have become “more real” amid a more complex security situation in Asia Pacific.

The commentary written by an official at the national defence mobilisation department in the Central Military Commission said the call for a US rebalancing of its strategy in Asia, military deployments in the East and South China Seas and the instillation of a missile defence system in South Korea were hot spots getting closer to ignition.


http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2065799/china-steps-preparedness-possible-military-conflict-us

[tazkcmo]

1. yay.

sarcasm

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. The Deplorables will like a war with China, won't they ?

[octoberlib]

4. They'll be in heaven!

War on 2 fronts, the Middle East and China! Hopefully, this is just bluster from the Chinese. I don't have a lot of confidence in Trump when it comes to diplomacy, though.

[LisaL]

6. China has a lot more people than we do.

[HoneyBadger]

8. But less navy

[JHan]

3. Yeah but Russia told me HRC would start WW3!!!

They said so, so they must be right! Looks like we dodged a bullet!

[LisaL]

5. The same shit was parroted by some Trump's supporters here in US.

According to them, they liked Trump because Hillary was somehow going to get us into a war.

[betsuni]

9. +1

[mainer]

7. Which means all Chinese-Americans should get ready for internment camps

It's Trump's next move.

[Rex]

10. Of course they do, Trump threatened 50 plus years of peace in just one day.

Actually China doesn't have to worry, Trump will destroy us domestically first. They will pillage the treasury on bogus projects.

[Blue_Roses]

11. China isn't playing around

with Trump. You can already tell their disdain for him is very high. Geeze...am I in the Twight Zone? This is nuts!

[LisaL]

12. Like Alex Baldwin said on SNL. This is real. This is actually happening.

[Blue_Roses]

13. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself

this week, "Am I in a movie and no one told me"? This is stuff we rent to watch. I sure as hell don't want to live it...

[mrgorth]

14. And I was thinking

we might need their alliance in an eventual war against Putin...but that's not til we take the government back, of course.

[bdamomma]

15. get this fucking man out now.

this is not a reality show. He is a madman.

[greytdemocrat]

16. China has been prepping

for a conflict with us way before Trump.

[dawg]

17. If China plays its cards right, it can vastly increase its world influence.

Trump is burning bridges faster than he can tweet about it.

[dawg]

18. I don't think they are capable of being militarily effective against our Navy ...

in the Southern Pacific. But what if I'm wrong?

It would be devastating, in a geo-political sense, if Trump were to give them some sort of provocation and they were able to actually sink one of our warships.

[Worktodo]

19. China supposedly has a carrier killer

Some type of supersonic surface to sea missile designed to take out an aircraft carrier.