Chinese expansionism 2000 a.d.

[Jay]

Lets say the an ASB had made all the Chinese head authorities want to expand their borders through war

-How far do the Chinese get before being stopped, if they get stopped.

-What are the reactions of the U.S.A., Russia, and the Europeans (no one else can do anything to stop them alone.)

-What would the world look like after this possible WW3?(China's political borders and sphere of influence. If they win.)

(oh yeah China starts expanding in 2000, if you dont know)

[YLi]

They'd get about 3 seconds outwards before being overthrown in a military coup. Problem solved.

[Jay]

ahh come man it has to be more interseting than that

[admkenshin]

I can see nuclear war.

Seriously, it all depends on what drives their expansion. Is it revenge on Japan for WW2? Revenge on Europe for the opium war and subsequent disasters? As much territory as they can without getting the west involved?

Maybe they can go into central asia, or Russia, but both Korea and south eat asia are too populous to be easy to conquer, not to mention there's a lot of NATO countries there.

China could do a humanitarian intervention into Burma ^_^. Of course, it will make Vietnam look like a stroll through the park :D.

[kojak]

The only way I can see China expanding violently without being relatively confident that a nuclear war would result is southwards--in countries like Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Any attempt to grab Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines though are fairly assured to draw a Western response.

[Codae]

They tell Vietnam to declare annexation of the rest of the world. Then they invade Vietnam.

[Jay]

lets say all nukes dissapear now what happens?

[burning down one side]

Best bet is for Russia and China to agree to divy things up so that China doesn't have to worry about Russia.

I agree that southeast Asia would be the easiest place for China to go initially, but after that things get sticky, unless the US can be neutralized somehow......

[Puget Sound]

China can't annex Southeast Asia- not easily, at least. Vietnam easily defeated China in that war in the late 70s.

[Bishop]

China can't annex Southeast Asia- not easily, at least. Vietnam easily defeated China in that war in the late 70s.

Debatable, both sides claimed victory, but china did achieved its main goals. The Chinese leadership back then didn't even blink when heard about the number of casualties.

And your argument doesn't make sense since China then and now is vastly different.