Looks like one of the Chinese apologists has shown up. The intellectual integrity of this thread just went down...
Some time back I heard General Harley Mooney, great American, tell a story about the Korean War. I can't remember the numbers he used but he was with the US troops on one side of the Yalu River. Chinese troops just kept showing up and showing up, something to the tune of 100k a day until they totaled 1 million.
China doesn't want a nuclear war. They have been playing the long game both economically and militarily.
Economically they have surged to number 2 in terms of GDP and have a higher growth rate than the US. They have used corporate espionage, stolen technology, counterfeiting, copyright infringements and other unfair trade practices to accomplish this so it has been engaging in economic warfare.
Interestingly China has recently been in the news concerning its new three child policy. Since the adoption of the previous one child policy in 1979 China has engineered a gender imbalance estimated at 35 million in favor of males. Since most of this imbalance occurred during the 40+ years of the former one child policy, China has a tremendous inventory of military age males.
While our politicians and leaders are attempting to impose sensitivity training on our troops, China is preparing for the opportunity to flex its military muscle.