Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Many of them have managed it for 70 years - they REALLY don't want to have to fight anyone - it would ruin their growing economies - but then they don't like the Chinese in general. The real question is how likely is China to kick off a serious hot war . My guess is relatively unlikely - they don't want to risk all the progress they've made unless it's something visceral like Taiwan.
That is in contrast to the massive military build up, in the very recent years.
https://news.usni.org/2023/01/16/chi...-oni-commander