China vs India... who would win?

[betiko]

Given my personal history I'm #teamindia but I think their army is no match. Also China just needs to make friends with Bengladesh and Pakistan. But then India should make friends with Japan and Taiwan. But then china should make friends with vietnam and north korea. But then India should make friends with Russia. But then would south korea become neutral?

[mrswdk]

Vietnam seems to like playing both sides like a naughty little slut. It's slightly ridiculous that it does so given the abusive relationship Vietnam's had with the US in recent years, but luckily the entire country is basically encircled by either China's territory or China's allies' territory so little Vietnam will never dare stray too far from its Asian brothers.

Also the whole China-India border fights thing really shows you what each country is made of. No one is hiding behind any weapons, just stripping combat down to its rawest and fighting with fists - and the death count from the latest brawl is 20-0 in China's favour. I guess it is true what they say about those 'little' Indian men, eh?

[betiko]

They said that there were some casualties but that china isn't comunicating about it. It kind of reminds me of the chinese covid count right?

[riskllama]

if it was just China vs India straight up w/no allies & no nukes : my $$$ would be on China

*although one can never count out the legendary Gurkha, of which India has 39 battalions...

[2dimes]

That is definately a tie for me. I love butter chicken and I love palace style prawns.

[riskllama]

mmm, yeah - i could go for some butter chicken & pork dumplings right about now. maybe a bowl of szechuan style noodle soup, as well...

@2dimes : what brand of butter chicken seasoning do you buy? i love the one from Shan, only ever seen it at SuperStore but it's been discontinued, apparently...

[ConfederateSS]

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[Mr_Adams]

At this point, if China uses a nuke, the rest of the world falls on their heads and it's game over. If India uses a nuke, the world tut tuts and condemns the action at the UN or some shit, but behind closed doors say to themselves "Well, that was predictable", and that's it.

China gets it's ass kicked, because India has a ton more sympathy with the rest of the world right now.

[mrswdk]

Nukes haven't been relevant since 1945. Y'all are living inside a Cold War propaganda poster.

[2dimes]

mmm, yeah - i could go for some butter chicken & pork dumplings right about now. maybe a bowl of szechuan style noodle soup, as well...

@2dimes : what brand of butter chicken seasoning do you buy? i love the one from Shan, only ever seen it at SuperStore but it's been discontinued, apparently...

I can't remember the brand we found that was good, but I also could never find it again. It was in a jar maybe the company was small and went under.

Butter chicken has never been quite right at home. There are a few places here that are cheap and there is no clean up so I won't bother trying anymore.

Mrs. dimes continues and it will be easy to surprise me if she makes a good one since my expectations are low, "You made butter chicken? I hope it's ok."

I finally made some crispy fried ginger beef once that was pretty good but decided it was not worth the trouble.

[2dimes]

I can make excellent Thai red curry from the paste that comes in little plastic tubs.

I buy it at the Chinese market but..

https://www.amazon.ca/Mae-Ploy-Thai-Cur ... B0091UW4QS

[DoomYoshi]

It's interesting that they are "combatants" even though they were unarmed and fighting with rocks. I think this means that unarmed protestors in the United States are in fact Chinese soldiers and appropriate action should be taken.

[mookiemcgee]

That is definately a tie for me. I love butter chicken and I love palace style prawns.

I don't think thai was an option...oh wait

[betiko]

That is definately a tie for me. I love butter chicken and I love palace style prawns.

I don't think thai was an option...oh wait

As much as i love indian food, thaï wins i give you that.

Other than this, all indian nuclear missiles already have pakistan written all over them. They d rather kill muslims.

[DoomYoshi]

Can we do a China vs. US thread next?
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diploma ... outh-china

[2dimes]

Very little of that opened. I'll just make comments in relative ignorance. I suspect there won't be twenty US soldiers killed by rocks with no retaliation.

[mookiemcgee]

Nukes haven't been relevant since 1945. Y'all are living inside a Cold War propaganda poster.

I still use a microwave... and as for nuking food, I think china wins. Naan just doesn't nuke well, and the butter chicken gets a little rubbery. My steamed rice and lemon chicken are just as mediocre nuked the next day as they were when they arrived fresh.

[riskllama]

[riskllama]

i haven't had any chinese since i spied that rat. wait, i guess i've made a stir fry or two & i eat about 2-3 bags of those frozen pork dumplings a month. i guess the more accurate term would be "haven't had any chinese take out"... .

[DoomYoshi]

So India won. China is retreating.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indi ... SKBN2470XZ

[mrswdk]

Isn't the ongoing agreement between China and India that neither side will have troops within a few kilometers of the border anyway? So:
- The Indians attempted to violate Chinese sovereignty
- Tough Chinese troops beat several Indian soldiers to death with bats
- India has successfully begged with China to leave it there and go back to business as usual with no more bloodshed

[The ram]

Considering that the Chinese army have always been little more than cannon fodder, repeatedly beaten by much smaller nations. I'd go for India.

[spurgistan]

nobody

[Jdsizzleslice]

India. It's not even close. Gandhi seems all friendly on the surface, but he has a warmonger personality.