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I would dissagree, the PRC went from the 3rd most powerful air force in Asia (by dint of size) after the US and Japan to no better than 6th after the US, India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
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I submit that it was the 3rd largest but nowhere near the 3rd most powerful. The PLAAF had a life expectancy of 30 minutes against the USSR.
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Lets for a second pretend that I am a high muckety-muck in the CCP/PLA and I am in charge of engineering China's emergence on the world stage with the end result of being a world power.
The things I have to do
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I take it then you agree with Deng Xia Peng's policies.
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I don't see the difference between thier thinking from 89 onward and our own.
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I admit that I don't know how they think. All I can see is the results, not at how they were thought out.
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The string of pearls like Prestor John, and the Holy Grail is more myth than fact and it is not a serious challenge to the Indian navy. India's counter stroke is far more effective. Increasing ties with the US and de-facto US acceptance of India as a nuclear weapon state.
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For minimal investment, the Chinese have politically constrained the Indians. The String of Pearls is a political/diplomatic stroke, not military.