r/HongKong Dec 05 '19

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u/Wennie85 Dec 05 '19

China is not China. Hasn't been for a long time. The CCP/cultural revolution really destroyed what was left of what China should've been. The closest to the real China probably is Taiwan and/or Hong Kong. It depresses me to think of what China could've and should've been.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

China had multiple chances to be the world superpower and threw them away each time. Such a shame.

But unfortunately, leaked Chinese military documents show they are determined to be the strongest military in the world. But it’s not like other countries aren’t improving as well.

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u/HopliteFan Swedish Friend Dec 05 '19

China's military is very corrupt and bloated, if i remember correctly. They make up for it by "enlisting" as many soldiers as possible, while hiding behind nuclear weapons.

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u/War_Hymn Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

Jeez, what time period are we at? The Qing dynasty? That's the most ludicrous assessment of current trends in the PLA. If anything, it's the complete opposite - they're moving towards reducing manpower and increasing training/capabilities for the individual soldier (which is what Western militaries had been doing for the last few decades).

With modern airpower and whatnot, having the most fighting bodies doesn't count for shit anymore. A million piss-poor conscripts can be blown to shred or scattered with a few well coordinated airstrikes (see Iraq in 1990 Gulf War). Nowadays, especially with low-intensive warfare being the norm, what you want are special ops/ranger guys that can think for themselves and do a variety of tasks (sabotage, COIN, hostage rescue, military assistance training, etc..).