My basic thought process is that the PRC is becoming a second super power thus it must exercise its right as a superpower to say
"NO we will not accept a two bit rebel group taking nine of our citizens putting them on their knees and shooting them in the head"
China must react to this and has the ability to react. China is setting on 1 TRILLION dollars in cash reserves and that is a fact. It should start spending some of that money in protecting its innocent civs through aggressive military action.
The fact remains that like the US the PRC needs natural resources to continue to expand its great economy thus it is absolutely necessary that the PRC goes out to other parts of the world and gets said resources. This is not a option or a choice but is necessary for its national life. This is going to require that it flex its military might when things like this in the horn of Africa happen.
further more posters are getting carried away by this 100,000 of china's best troops. This action would require around 10,000 PRC troops to include a heavy brigade for the punitive action against Eritrea. It would also need the needed air cover for air strikes against said OPFOR.
Eritrea is quite utterly a World War 1 type army with a dash of cheap cold war era equipment that would be steam rolled by PRC marines backed Type-96 Main battle tanks from elements of a Heavy Brigade.
10,000 PRC troops??? To do what??? They'll be fighting Eritea militiamen and the military that will likely just blend into the population and fight a protractive conflict. And then you will have Jihadists from all over the region frocking to Eritea for another front to wage Jihad. Utterly ridiculous.
If you haven't noticed, a primative army with no heavy equipment can incur damaging casualties. And Chinese armor protection aren't known for being the best.
China getting pushed around? By whom, the Eriteas? Lol. Eritea has been locked in a conflict with Ethiopia for years. This is not some attack aimed to disrepect China, but rather a attempt to weaken a hostile neighbor. And if you believe China is pushed around by Taiwan, Japan, the US or the EU, great, I'm sure a costly and risky venture into
Africa is going to make all go away really soon....
China would not engage a total war, much less, rebuilt what they destroy.. just because of the actions of a renegate group. You think US invaded Iraq for freedom and democracy ? It is to install a Puppet regime to legalise their oil concession. What does somalia ethiopia offer ?
Now, I alway had the impression that China is the most picked upon country in the world. Most US mass media and especially BBC, who is the main culprit.. so I would agree on your point.. They would have a field day, or rather, months to years.
You keep point to Iraq as an example of why China should intervene in Africa...Ok let's just ignore the fact that Ethiopia's oil reserves can't hold Iraqi oil reserve's jocks, which experience from Iraq convinced you that it ought to be repeated, locking into a guerrilla warfare with the locals? Having to rebuild a government? Spending billions every year?
Yeah let's just blame this all on the evil BBC. They are the root causes of all problems for China. And the way to correct all these problems, such as the TI movement, an emerging Japan, a nuclear Korean pensinsula is to send troops to Africa. Now that's brilliant.
