Originally Posted by RocHard

Give this one some thought.

In a war between China and the US, well, it would be damn close. In a simple war I'd bet my next paycheck on China.

However:

All the US needs to do is send the 7th fleet and park it directly between China and Taiwan. That always shuts them up. Why? The moment we go to war China shuts down. The US and Europe will no longer buy any of their products. Unemployment would soar, their countrymen will starve, and China will be spending more time feeding and taking care of their own than anything else.

Special thanks to Europe for selling China all of those nifty wepons they've been sending over there.