Martian
Senior Member
China responds to Alien Attack
1. Military Outsourcing - If China was attacked by Aliens, China would appeal to the United States (with over 750 overseas military bases) to deal with the problem. No point in having 11 aircraft carrier battle groups if you're not going to use them. In short, Alien Attack is an U.S. problem. I'm pretty sure that China can muster enough U.N. support to get the Americans to do something.
Also, run some advertisements on American television and buy ads in the New York Times extolling the spirit of Sino-American cooperation during World War II against a common enemy. Find a surviving member of the Flying Tigers (or their relatives) and invoke the nostalgia of productive Sino-American joint efforts in a television interview. Poll numbers of American support for China should go straight up.
China could also offer to pay for U.S. war efforts on Chinese territory. One to two trillion dollars should be sufficient. Problem solved.
2. Cultural Soft Power - Moving on, aliens are unlikely to attack China. There is no other place in the galaxy to dine on delicious Dim Sum, Moo Shu Beef, and Peking Duck. The prospect of losing delicious Chinese cuisine is sufficient to halt any prospective alien attack.
3. Economic Incentive - China possesses a massive market for potential alien goods. It would be irrational for any intelligent alien to attack billions of their potential customers.
4. Strong Asset for Incorporation into Alien Empire - Once aliens discover China, they will quickly realize that they can produce their alien spacecraft in China at a fraction of current costs. No sentient being would attack a more efficient and lower-cost production base.
5. Deng comes to the rescue again! - Upon contact by a hostile alien race, China will follow Deng's strategy: "Hide your strength, bide your time, and do what you can." China can negotiate with the Alien invasion force and offer to pay annual tribute. This will buy time for China. After surreptitiously mastering alien technologies, China will kick the foreign imperialists out of the country in about one to two centuries.
1. Military Outsourcing - If China was attacked by Aliens, China would appeal to the United States (with over 750 overseas military bases) to deal with the problem. No point in having 11 aircraft carrier battle groups if you're not going to use them. In short, Alien Attack is an U.S. problem. I'm pretty sure that China can muster enough U.N. support to get the Americans to do something.
Also, run some advertisements on American television and buy ads in the New York Times extolling the spirit of Sino-American cooperation during World War II against a common enemy. Find a surviving member of the Flying Tigers (or their relatives) and invoke the nostalgia of productive Sino-American joint efforts in a television interview. Poll numbers of American support for China should go straight up.
China could also offer to pay for U.S. war efforts on Chinese territory. One to two trillion dollars should be sufficient. Problem solved.
2. Cultural Soft Power - Moving on, aliens are unlikely to attack China. There is no other place in the galaxy to dine on delicious Dim Sum, Moo Shu Beef, and Peking Duck. The prospect of losing delicious Chinese cuisine is sufficient to halt any prospective alien attack.
3. Economic Incentive - China possesses a massive market for potential alien goods. It would be irrational for any intelligent alien to attack billions of their potential customers.
4. Strong Asset for Incorporation into Alien Empire - Once aliens discover China, they will quickly realize that they can produce their alien spacecraft in China at a fraction of current costs. No sentient being would attack a more efficient and lower-cost production base.
5. Deng comes to the rescue again! - Upon contact by a hostile alien race, China will follow Deng's strategy: "Hide your strength, bide your time, and do what you can." China can negotiate with the Alien invasion force and offer to pay annual tribute. This will buy time for China. After surreptitiously mastering alien technologies, China will kick the foreign imperialists out of the country in about one to two centuries.
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