Of course China is preparing for war, but even before Putin's idiotic murder-suicide self-genocide of the slavs misadventure it was evident to Beijing it could never attain by war what it would like to. China sunk enormous resources into trying to compete with the USA militarily, but can't and Xi Jinping and the PLA and PLAN all know it but dare not admit it. They will increasingly focus on humanitarian relief and anti piracy because those things they can do and can even do well are useful and will advance Chinese foreign policy. All Chinese should be glad that China is incapable of invading Taiwan and doing to Chinese what mad Vlad Putin is doing to Slavs.
"Astute observers may have noticed that many words that the CPC and Chinese government routinely use can be traced back to military terms in revolutionary times but no longer invoke a violent nature in a meaningful sense."
That's true. On the other hand, there are situations where they clearly do.
don't attribute to malice anything that can be explained by ignorance (not doing all the reading) or stupidity (which is increasingly rare). People who disagree with me are not stupid or wrong let alone evil they just havent put in all the work needed to "cross the finish line"
Great work, guys! Many thanks.
Of course China is preparing for war, but even before Putin's idiotic murder-suicide self-genocide of the slavs misadventure it was evident to Beijing it could never attain by war what it would like to. China sunk enormous resources into trying to compete with the USA militarily, but can't and Xi Jinping and the PLA and PLAN all know it but dare not admit it. They will increasingly focus on humanitarian relief and anti piracy because those things they can do and can even do well are useful and will advance Chinese foreign policy. All Chinese should be glad that China is incapable of invading Taiwan and doing to Chinese what mad Vlad Putin is doing to Slavs.
"Astute observers may have noticed that many words that the CPC and Chinese government routinely use can be traced back to military terms in revolutionary times but no longer invoke a violent nature in a meaningful sense."
That's true. On the other hand, there are situations where they clearly do.
https://justrecently.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/xi-jinpings-resisting-u-s-speech-a-few-remarks/
Journalism tends to sell old wine in new bottles - but the old wine isn't necessarily more reassuring than the "new".
Of course not! Beijing is preparing for ... a Dinner Party!
don't attribute to malice anything that can be explained by ignorance (not doing all the reading) or stupidity (which is increasingly rare). People who disagree with me are not stupid or wrong let alone evil they just havent put in all the work needed to "cross the finish line"