Topic: Are we heading towards an Indo-China war? - page 2. (Read 804 times)
The Chinese are causing troubles everywhere that go and i dont know why they think that they can get away with everything that they do, and with their big land mass, why are they still fighting over small pieces of land. This is exactly what the Japanese were doing prior to the second world war.
They can probably get away with bullying the Philippines. The country got a almost non-existent navy and it's not sure whether America will honor their mutual defense treaty. India though, that is a different matter. Their army is definitely up to task. Also, what they might lack they make up with - nukes. This would definitely be a painful war for both sides.
I agree that India have quite capable army. But nukes are the only reason there won't be any war, only border incidents from time to time. Even when there is lot of equipment close to border from both sides, and when neither side want to ease the situation, I think they will sit to agree some things after some time.
India is having the demographic advantage as well. The Chinese population is ageing, and therefore they may be more concerned about any potential loss of life, while India can easily afford huge number of casualties, since the population is more youthful. But that doesn't mean that any future war will be beneficial for India. The economy will be wrecked in case of a war, and it will take years to rebuild it.
They can probably get away with bullying the Philippines. The country got a almost non-existent navy and it's not sure whether America will honor their mutual defense treaty. India though, that is a different matter. Their army is definitely up to task. Also, what they might lack they make up with - nukes. This would definitely be a painful war for both sides.
I agree that India have quite capable army. But nukes are the only reason there won't be any war, only border incidents from time to time. Even when there is lot of equipment close to border from both sides, and when neither side want to ease the situation, I think they will sit to agree some things after some time.
no.. it is just speculation.
we might, and it would be bad for us
China was not happy with Sikkim merging with India in 1975, and they have always tried to create problems in the Tibetan-inhabited regions of India (such as Ladakh, Sikkim, and Tawang).
India was not happy when China occupied Tibet in 1951 either.Are you sure about that? Because when China invaded Tibet, India had refused to support Tibet militarily. Not just India, but none of the world nations were ready to send weapons or other support to Tibet. The invasion occurred just a few years after the end of the WW2, and most of the UN member nations were not ready to get involved in another military confrontation.
War is bad for business. Why kill your customers? Besides, even if China wins this, I think it would be the most hurt in the long run. For one, it would further ruin its reputation. Almost none of its neighbors have a positive impression of it. Also, a country that is below replacement level birth rate can't afford to lose more people.
They can probably get away with bullying the Philippines. The country got a almost non-existent navy and it's not sure whether America will honor their mutual defense treaty. India though, that is a different matter. Their army is definitely up to task. Also, what they might lack they make up with - nukes. This would definitely be a painful war for both sides.
I don't hate china but they always seems to tell other countries that they are a much bigger country and a much stronger country. They are already bullying small countries and now India? hmm lets see.
They can probably get away with bullying the Philippines. The country got a almost non-existent navy and it's not sure whether America will honor their mutual defense treaty. India though, that is a different matter. Their army is definitely up to task. Also, what they might lack they make up with - nukes. This would definitely be a painful war for both sides.
I don't hate china but they always seems to tell other countries that they are a much bigger country and a much stronger country. They are already bullying small countries and now India? hmm lets see.
China was not happy with Sikkim merging with India in 1975, and they have always tried to create problems in the Tibetan-inhabited regions of India (such as Ladakh, Sikkim, and Tawang).
India was not happy when China occupied Tibet in 1951 either. 
A war will be mutually destructive for both the nations, and I don't think that China especially will be interested in starting another military confrontation at this point of time. China was not happy with Sikkim merging with India in 1975, and they have always tried to create problems in the Tibetan-inhabited regions of India (such as Ladakh, Sikkim, and Tawang).
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