Not sure if people are paying attention to what’s going on in China but it looks like they are more of the Paper Tiger then at first thought.
Rockets with water filled in their fuel tanks, troops depleting jet fuel to us for cooking stoves, and other corrupt practices that look to have gone on for decades.
It’s funny only because I remember all the reports of the brand new Soviet T80s sold to Iraq during Desert Storm having their turrets fail or fall off because the factories were shorting critical components like bearings.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/why-xi-jinping-doesnt-trust-his-own-military