Will War Break Out Between the US and China?

It could happen, as wars begin with words, small actions trigger events which snowball. Offence and exchange of insults between very few individuals can lead to unleashing troops.
Think about what triggered the major wars in our world.

If anyone has read Tolstoy's War and Peace, it is interesting to look at reasons why the madness of war happens.
 
Warrigal said:
China doesn't want war, especially a nuclear one. What they do want is Taiwan.

Do Americans want to fight a war over Taiwan?
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The sticking point is that even though the US and other countries recognize Taiwan as a sovereign entity, it is officially and constitutionally known as the Republic of China. And while Taiwan maintains diplomatic relations with over 60 member states of the UN, the states recognize the Taiwanese government as a representative of the Chinese people, but not as an independent state.

So, it's very complicated, and there's a lot of things the US and UN members can't do to protect Taiwan's sovereignty if it is invaded by China. If it was invaded by Germany, that'd be a different story.
 
Rose65 said:
It could happen, as wars begin with words, small actions trigger events which snowball. Offence and exchange of insults between very few individuals can lead to unleashing troops.
Think about what triggered the major wars in our world.

If anyone has read Tolstoy's War and Peace, it is interesting to look at reasons why the madness of war happens.
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Yes. Also greed.
 
Warrigal said:
Do Americans want to fight a war over Taiwan?
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Good question. I suspect it might go the way of Ukraine, some support but short of active participation. It would be no cake walk for China...

What about Australia? Y'all have interests similar to ours.
Murrmurr said:
If it was invaded by Germany, that'd be a different story.
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They are probably safe from that...
 
Mitch86 said:
The news sounds ominous. The US and China seem to be headed towards nuclear war. I think the US will win but millions of lives could be lost.
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I seriously can't see this happening... at least not anytime soon. I think there's a lot of bluster and chest puffing going on, but when it comes to action... nope, can't see it.
 
Alligatorob said:
Good question. I suspect it might go the way of Ukraine, some support but short of active participation. It would be no cake walk for China...

What about Australia? Y'all have interests similar to ours.
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Where America leads Australia tends to follow. In addition, we would be a target because of the American spy facilities near Darwin.

However, our population is just over 25 million people and we would be no match for China if it came down to a hot war. That is why we buy military assets that allow us to integrate our armed forces with US.

The question is would US engage China if we were attacked?
We are a plum prize because of our mineral wealth.
 
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Rose65 said:
It could happen, as wars begin with words, small actions trigger events which snowball. Offence and exchange of insults between very few individuals can lead to unleashing troops.
Think about what triggered the major wars in our world.

If anyone has read Tolstoy's War and Peace, it is interesting to look at reasons why the madness of war happens.
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Genocide, Forced Ideology, Enslavement, Human Rights and Dignity, Natural Resources...

I'm sure you don't mean to imply that these are small matters, and a few people overreacted.
 
Warrigal said:
Where America leads Australia tends to follow. In addition, we would be a target because of the Americal spy facilities near Darwin.

However, our population is just over 25 million people and we would be no match for China if it came down to a hot war. That is why we buy military assets that allow us to integrate our armed forces with US.

The question is would US engage China if we were attacked?
We are a plum prize because of our mineral wealth.
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The US would engage with any country that attacked Oz. It's in our contract. :p
 
war is always a possiblity. nuke war? that is a big if..ground war or sea battle more likely limited in duration just enough to tout what each side has. defend taiwan? why? we have no bases there not like the phillipines, lot of industry but it more or less belongs to china anyway. political clout more than likely. slap the back of each others had,, naughty naughty
 
Yes. China will war with the US. It will not last long but will be devastating.
China will emerge as the economic leader of the world.
 
Neither the U.S. or China would gain anything by going to war with each other, especially since we're separated by the Pacific ocean, which would make traditional war nearly impossible. Sure, we could launch missiles at each other, but what would be the objective?

Often, wars are fought for natural resources, such as we're seeing with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has some of the largest energy, mineral, and agricultural assets in the world. Russia would gain immensely by controlling Ukraine, and Putin no doubt thought Ukraine would be a pushover when it came to war, and they would have been had the U.S. and other NATO allies not supplied Ukraine with weapons. This war will inevitably be Putin's downfall.

The U.S. has abundant natural resources, but obviously, we would not be a pushover. It would make no sense at all for China to invade or attack the U.S. when they're busy developing African regions for their needs.

Worrying about war with China is not high on my list of things to worry about. :ROFLMAO:
 
Gaer said:
Yes. China will war with the US. It will not last long but will be devastating.
China will emerge as the economic leader of the world.
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China's weakest skill is economics. It's true they're considered the world's marketplace, but that's because labor is cheap, their products are made with stolen designs and the cheapest materials available, and most of their technology is stolen, including all their factory equipment. Also, China relies heavily on imported factory parts and materials and ingredients needed to produce the products they export, as well as products for domestic use.

This is why, after his "re-election" late last year, Xi announced the nation's new goal of purely domestic production - making stuff they invent themselves from stuff they don't have to import. As well, Xi is encouraging private enterprise....more of that "Communism with Chinese characteristics." This is his response to the US's chatter about "De-coupling" from China, which Xi is very afraid of...he's not ready for it, hence these new policies.

China has no hope of emerging as the economic leader of the world unless the Chinese people manage to invent, innovate, and produce quality stuff without relying in any way on theft and outside sources. Chinese people don't have much experience being enterprising and self-reliant. In fact those virtues have been discouraged through fear and oppression for a hundred years. So, if not another hundred years, achieving a strong, self-reliant Chinese economy could take decades.
 
Sadly that is the reality. I hope our friends across the pond keep a cool
head.
The UK is one of the closest Allies of the US and whatever happens over
there will affect us.
 

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