Having a big army shouldn't be a problem as they have a massive number of obedient nationalistic people, so the problem is military technology? But aren't they good at math and engineering type things?
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Having a big army shouldn't be a problem as they have a massive number of obedient nationalistic people, so the problem is military technology? But aren't they good at math and engineering type things?
They have not been a country that long. More of a region with swaying power grabs. They also closed up for a long time. Stopped exploring, inventing and many parts of the country do not speak Mandarin or the main language. Add to that no real experience fighting wars outside their own country which is not that easy. Just from the recent skirmishes with India they are not really holding their own. Hell, if not for Nixon and pushing to clean up the main Yangtze river of junk they would still be in the dark. Couldn't trade with them. The main problem though is combined arms which is extremely difficult. We figured it out but it's still not perfect. More like a rough game of golf.
It makes me wonder if it's possible the current communist surge in the US is less China and more the old Soviet Union leaving us a little surprise