It is not just material power that matters in international politics but how cleverly one wields it compared with other nations. The People’s Liberation Army has not fought a war since 1979, when Vietnamese forces more than held their own against the Chinese invaders.
Since then, China has been working out ways to win without fighting.
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Dr John Lee is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. From 2016-18, he was the senior adviser to the Australian foreign minister.
