Gordon Chang

It's not ready to go to war because the senior leadership of the PLA, People's Liberation Army, is in disarray with all of these purges which are continuing. Also, we have a Chinese military that just doesn't want to go to war, which is the reason why we've been seeing the removal of officers who are opposed to war.

It's not ready to go to war because the senior leadership of the PLA, People's Liberation Army, is in disarray with all of these purges which are continuing. Also, we have a Chinese military that just doesn't want to go to war, which is the reason why we've been seeing the removal of officers who are opposed to war.

And we also have a Chinese military that, although it has a lot of shiny new weapons, is not confident because they have not fought a war since 1979. In that 1979 war, their first string army got beaten up by Vietnam's third string. We saw real failures of command in 2020 when China launched a surprise attack against India in Gawang. This doesn't look good for the Chinese military.

And we also have a Chinese military that, although it has a lot of shiny new weapons, is not confident because they have not fought a war since 1979. In that 1979 war, their first string army got beaten up by Vietnam's third string. We saw real failures of command in 2020 when China launched a surprise attack against India in Gawang. This doesn't look good for the Chinese military.

And we also have a Chinese military that, although it has a lot of shiny new weapons, is not confident because they have not fought a war since 1979. In that 1979 war, their first string army got beaten up by Vietnam's third string. We saw real failures of command in 2020 when China launched a surprise attack against India in Gawang. This doesn't look good for the Chinese military.

Also, we know the Chinese people don't want war right now. This is a populace that is really angry at the leadership, and they're in no mood to go after and kill people, especially people that they consider to be Chinese. In other words, people in Taiwan. People in Taiwan don't think they're Chinese, but the people in China do, and the people in China do not want a war, especially with Taiwan.

Also, we know the Chinese people don't want war right now. This is a populace that is really angry at the leadership, and they're in no mood to go after and kill people, especially people that they consider to be Chinese. In other words, people in Taiwan. People in Taiwan don't think they're Chinese, but the people in China do, and the people in China do not want a war, especially with Taiwan.

Also, we know the Chinese people don't want war right now. This is a populace that is really angry at the leadership, and they're in no mood to go after and kill people, especially people that they consider to be Chinese. In other words, people in Taiwan. People in Taiwan don't think they're Chinese, but the people in China do, and the people in China do not want a war, especially with Taiwan.

And then you got to remember one other thing. For Xi Jinping to launch a big war, combined air, land, sea operation, he's got to give some general officer, some admiral, or some general total or almost total control over the People's Liberation Army. making that person the most powerful person in China. Xi Jinping doesn't trust his general officers even in the best of moments.

And then you got to remember one other thing. For Xi Jinping to launch a big war, combined air, land, sea operation, he's got to give some general officer, some admiral, or some general total or almost total control over the People's Liberation Army. making that person the most powerful person in China. Xi Jinping doesn't trust his general officers even in the best of moments.

And then you got to remember one other thing. For Xi Jinping to launch a big war, combined air, land, sea operation, he's got to give some general officer, some admiral, or some general total or almost total control over the People's Liberation Army. making that person the most powerful person in China. Xi Jinping doesn't trust his general officers even in the best of moments.

He's certainly right now not going to trust any other figure to make that person more powerful than he is.

He's certainly right now not going to trust any other figure to make that person more powerful than he is.

He's certainly right now not going to trust any other figure to make that person more powerful than he is.

Right now, I think that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system in a way which is really belligerent. Got to remember that when he became China's leader in 2012, he inherited a consensual political system, where no Chinese leader got too much credit or too much blame. But by taking power from everybody else, he's created a lot of antagonism among senior figures.

Right now, I think that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system in a way which is really belligerent. Got to remember that when he became China's leader in 2012, he inherited a consensual political system, where no Chinese leader got too much credit or too much blame. But by taking power from everybody else, he's created a lot of antagonism among senior figures.

Right now, I think that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system in a way which is really belligerent. Got to remember that when he became China's leader in 2012, he inherited a consensual political system, where no Chinese leader got too much credit or too much blame. But by taking power from everybody else, he's created a lot of antagonism among senior figures.

And he has made nationalism to be something that defines his rule, which means that only hostile answers are considered as acceptable, because he has set markers for himself. He set them over Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, elsewhere. So if he goes back on it, which I think he's trying to do now, but when he goes back on that, other people are going to hold him to account for that.

And he has made nationalism to be something that defines his rule, which means that only hostile answers are considered as acceptable, because he has set markers for himself. He set them over Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, elsewhere. So if he goes back on it, which I think he's trying to do now, but when he goes back on that, other people are going to hold him to account for that.

And he has made nationalism to be something that defines his rule, which means that only hostile answers are considered as acceptable, because he has set markers for himself. He set them over Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, elsewhere. So if he goes back on it, which I think he's trying to do now, but when he goes back on that, other people are going to hold him to account for that.