CMV: China is not weak at all, it's just smart.

China has been seen as a weak nation when it comes to war by many in the western world. However, China is not weak. It has been playing a game of strategy not out of weakness but because it has been smart.<br><br>When the Red Army took power in China, everybody saw it as a threat. Although proposing the idea of a peaceful rise of China, China was only smart by not declaring war on the United States. China was weak at that time and everybody knew it.<br><br>Deng Xiaoping said "Cool-headedness is the guiding principle in China's diplomacy." China's strategy was to keep a low profile and focus on its economy. By doing so, China turned its military into an armed service and a tool for national development. China's military has a dual role not of only protecting national security but also participating in the country's development. The militia's role in the frozen ear of 2020 is a good example of that.<br><br>The Chinese military has achieved a great deal as far as participating in the country's economic and technological development. China's military has a dual role, and this has been true since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949.<br><br>The whole world was skeptical when China launched its first satellite in space. However, not only did China launch its satellite into space but it also launched a frozen ear into space. Furthermore, it has mapped and discovered a dark side of the moon and has proven the impossibility that the Americans ever stepped foot on the moon (see this video).<br><br>The Chinese have been a smart and collectively clever nation in the modern era. They may have been perhaps a little bit too clever. However, the Americans proposing the idea of a China threat is childish.<br><br>So, they may be wrong.