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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Has China ever made any credible overtures toward war with the west?  This sorta talk always seems to come from this side of the pond.  I wonder how much of it is just bluster to get the troops hyped vs "we'll have a real man in the Whitehouse after the next election and he won't be so realistic about our chances in a conflict against the most populous nation in the world that we also depend upon for most of our economy...."
gpt
There's a consensus that China just don't have the ability to wage war outside their borders. They actually don't have a deep water fleet. Like, at all. But they're building one that will be done in 10-15 years according to the most leanient reports. They're completely incapable of intercontinental war logistics and their airforce is an absolute disgrace. 

They would be unlikely to lose a defensive war, they would never win an offensive one.