A Chinese military expert recently suggested testing American willpower in the South China Sea by sinking a pair of aircraft carriers, such as the USS Ronald Reagan, shown here Aug. 31, 2018. KAILA V. PETERS/U.S. NAVY
Stars and Stripes: Many Chinese think Americans lack resolve to prevail in battle, expert says
Too many in China think the United States will cut and run if war breaks out in the Far East, a U.S. defense expert warned Wednesday in response to threats by a Chinese war hawk.
“A far larger number of Chinese believe it than I think is healthy,” said Brad Glosserman, a China expert and visiting professor at Tokyo’s Tama University.
Glosserman was responding to comments by Chinese Rear Adm. Lou Yuan, who told an audience in Shenzhen last month that sinking a pair of U.S. aircraft carriers would settle issues of sovereignty in the South China Sea, according to the News Corp Australia network.
China has strengthened its grip on the disputed territory in recent years, moving military equipment onto artificial islands and harassing aircraft and ships passing through the area.
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WNU Editor: This Chinese mindset that Americans do not have the will to fight has only been prevalent for the past decade. I certainly never detected it in the 1980s/90s when I was living and travelling there, and it was never voiced before 2010. What happened between then and now .... your guess is as good as mine. But today the Chinese are incredibly aggressive, with the altitude that it is my way or the highway.
