Quote (Mondain @ 8 Nov 2022 12:37)
China going to war won't fly with India. The two countries already butt heads due to china invading and land grabs of the past for example.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–India_relationsPopulation
China 2022 estimate - 1,410,539,758
India 2022 estimate - 1,375,586,000
India is the only other country that can match china man to man.
Edit2- The second problem... Little Emperor Syndrome, 1 child policy in china. Once the only child of families comes back in a body bag, Chinese families won't be supportive of a china war.
They are changing the one child policy, they knew it was a problem in the early 1980s
I remember my Ex Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew from Singapore having a chat with Deng Xiaoping in regards to this because Singapore was facing a similar problem.
There was a couple of solution but one particular solution Lee Kuan Yew Suggested to the Singapore parliament was being shelved because it would ruffle feathers in the Christian community in Singapore.
In regards to India, they can match man to man, but it is going to take time and it might not happen in the next 20 or 30 years but India does have say in International matters.
Part of the reason why is because of their
1. Caste system
2. The Hindu / Muslim problem they are facing.
3. Language, although they can speak English, India have around 240 or 250 different languages and not a common tongue to connect all which English was supposed to be the medium
4. Like China they are not united, their unity amongst themselves are 10 times worst than the Chinese. So it will be a problem .
In regards to Land Grabs they are already setting things aside. The Indians are very smart , they know exactly what is happening so they are trying to play their cards right.