How disastorous would a new India-Chinese war be?
98504
Well, buttermilk, some Christians on some of my questions have answered that it doesn't matter if people get hurt or sick so I guess such a disaster won't matter if millions get sick or hurt from it or if world ends because we'll soon be with Jesus anyway.  Praise the Lord for that.
317524
Not a chance.  The country has not even got alphabet technology yet, even though the last culture using hieroglyphics went extinct before the birth of Christ\n\nTry reading The Coming Collapse of China by Gordon Chang and make sure you are not around when the bubble disintigrates
690189
Honestly I think China would win. The way things have been going on with our Country, I'm not sure what's going on with us. And since Bush is killing all of our troops over in Iraq, who will fight; women and children???????????
988295
I have a feeling that it will take a long time.  Japan and China both have huge egos to overcome.  I say this because US (my home country) and China both have the same problem with egos at the moment.  \n\nAs well, Japan has had a history of invading China.  And I am sure that Japan can attest to some slurs that China has made on their part as well.
521446
It'll be a major economic power, but not like a power that'll rule the world.  Those days are over.\n\nIf anything, China will be the next superpower.
504525
China.  They have an ongoing problem with Japan, and they could invade Taiwan.  This would be a BIG problem.
119910
That's a scary tought.\n\nI don't think such a question can be put under such a hypothesis, since both countries are nuclear powers AND both governments proved to be strong-headed.\nIn the event of open conflict I believe neither will concede defeat without first resorting to their nuclear arsenal (after all, Pakistan built its arsenal for this very purpose, to counter the Indian threat). If such was the case, I doubt the human race will live to see the next day.\nIndia can't neutralize Pakistan's friend, unless it gains that permanent seat with veto in the UN Security Council, but then India wouldn't need to invade Pakistan, that would be too stupid.
366622
In an article written by David Sims, he notes he'd lay his money on India, not China, to be the Next Great Thing. He write, "The three main reasons, of course, are that India is \na) a widely Anglophone democracy operating under the rule of law, \nb) serious about protecting property and intellectual rights, and \nc) highly entrepreneurial. \n\nChina is none of those nor ever will be, and you can’t name a significant long-term world economic power in the last hundred years who’s not at least two out of those three."\n\n Does anyone remember that China is still a communist country with a dismal human rights record? Remember? Communism? Chairman Mao and all?\n\nIndia is a democratic nation. It operates under English Common Law. Its court system makes sense to Westerners. It likes us. \n\nIn terms of call centers...you think your customers can't understand Indian agents? Do you really believe that Chinese agents are going to be an improvement? How, exactly?\n\nWhat if the political situation between the U.S. and China (always touchy) deteriorates in the next 10 years? What's going to happen to U.S. investments there? You think you'll get them back?\n\nThings to think about.
742073
No one right on its mind will use first Nukes.   You will be the paria of the whole world and loose all allies.   Nukes will be used when one party is completly lost.\nA ground war with China would look as the war in Russia.   Very long distance to conquer (even worse since you must bring everything by sea).\nAll Chinese have a minimum military training.   When fully mobilising they have more soldiers than the entire population of the US.\nIn Korea, Us had a lot of trouble with the Chinese which were badly underarmed.  The modern Chinese army has very good material and even more troops than in 1950.\nCarpet bombing has someone suggested : China is even larger than the US.   Do you think the Chinese army and factories will stay in the towns ?  Think again.\n\nSo how would look a war with China really ?\nSimply : a lot of naval raids on the Chinese coast, Taiwan taken by the Chinese after a heavy sea battle (with a lot of combats between Chinese airforce versus US navy carriers).\nAn invasion of China is very unlikely because no way you can stop the millions of Chinese (well trained and motivated).\nAt the other hand China can not do much to arm the US and will be cut off from the world for trade so no more export (and so no more currency coming in).\nChina will fall back on it own (like in 1960), the US will be seriously crippled after the first months of battle and can not affort to have a second front somewhere.\n\nAll depends what other countries will do especially Russia, India.\n\nConclusion : both countries have no interest to start a war with each other.   Military it would make the US vulnerable, China would loose a lot economical.
283299
None of those two. I say China. Nostradamus could be right with this one.
378817
There is always a possibility of such a war beginning, but I'd say its a rather 'remote' possibility as of now.\n\nHere are a few reasons why war is a remote possibility:-\nBoth countries are now nuclear powers and they know that the consequences of war will be catastrophic. Also, the Indian economy is booming. The whole world has a stake in the Indian markets and will want stability here. India also has a mature and level-headed leadership, unlike Pakistan, so they will not escalate a conflict into a full war. In any conflict, international pressure will be brought to bear upon India and Pakistan, forcing a truce. Pakistan's very survival currently depends on it towing the US line,so when the US says "Stop", Pakistan will bl**dy-well stop. In military terms too, India has an edge and Pakistan knows it can't get away with too much.\nDue to these and a few more factors, both sides will find it convenient to maintain status quo and the chances of war breaking out are slim.
81345
as long as there are living beings on the plant there will be aggression and war.  War will not end, it will possibly get worse due to potential conditions in nature that will kill hundreds of millions of people in the future --> what would happen if there was a potato-famine like problem in China and India at the same time where they were unable to produce ANY food.  This would be 1/3 of earths population trying to feed themselves.  Both have nuclear weapons.  That is a VERY scary potentiality.
1152302
That's a scary thought. I don't fear china, but it would be prudent to treat them with as much respect as possible. I believe it would be very costly in lives.
533531
It is going to be impossible to protect the borders. We can only put a token force there as we are busy fighting a useless war in Iraq. Rome collapsed when the governing body decided to try to legislate morality, oh we are doing that to. I wonder at my age if I can learn to speak Chinese.
928912
That would just never happen. Even the Tibet situation isn't enough to persuade the IOC to take the games away from China.
396093
Check out this site: http://dehai.org/conflict/
717357
I believe that the war will be decided by leadership and geography.  If the US were to attack Germany, Russian, and China then the US will loose.  First the Germans have the best tank, artillery and a very good air force, the Russians have big time number tank, plans, missiles the whole nine yard, and China just have a huge army.  If you talk about a strategic war with nuke on the board then we are all dead.  Tactically speaking who ever start the war will loose.  If you look back to every war since the 1900 the side that start a war almost always loose.  So in short a war against Germany, Russia, and China would be bad if we do the attacking, how ever the three nation does not have the naval power to hurt us on our home land.  So it will be a grind and the three country combined has a lot more resource to use.  Also consider the fact that a simple mining of the key strategic straits of water will make it stalemate any way.