[chrischen]

They have a large nuclear arsenal.

[azinman2]

And a large military, are actively involved in cyberwarfare and psychological warfare, hacking US elections, and veto rights on the UN Security Council. Plus a history of getting many countries into its sphere of influence.

It’s foolish to discount them.

[milchek]

Which might not mean as much as you think, thanks to the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction)

[AstralStorm]

That only works as long as you have targets worth destroying. China has a lot. US, fewer... Russia, we do not even know the targets.

[bayesian_horse]

They can't use that arsenal to buy Chinese stuff.