you say cannon fodder - the latest reports indicate not a single casualty in todays US offensive.
infact US combat operations are very well known for minimizing troops casulaties, and when it happens an entire movie gets made about it (black hawk down)
china has absolutely zero track record in might-makes-right style of politics.
and not to mention how many chinese students are currently betting their future on living in the US, and how many billions of dollars of chinese assets are invested in the US. if anything, chinese expats in the US would actively lobby the CCP to avoid a military confrontation with the US, whatever it takes.
infact US combat operations are very well known for minimizing troops casulaties, and when it happens an entire movie gets made about it (black hawk down)
china has absolutely zero track record in might-makes-right style of politics.
and not to mention how many chinese students are currently betting their future on living in the US, and how many billions of dollars of chinese assets are invested in the US. if anything, chinese expats in the US would actively lobby the CCP to avoid a military confrontation with the US, whatever it takes.