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There is no such thing as international laws for US. They did not sign UNCLOS; and they go whereever they want as their own definition of "Freedom of Navigation". I think this is what China will do in the future.

formalism - US has become the old USSR

That is quite a threat from some country who faked the H bombs. How are you going to handle Chinese nuclear weapons?

I felt a bit strange what India is looking for? Apparently Indian will not get what they want unless they want a full scale war. Why is it better for them than for China? This is opportunity for China to take care of India once for all. It is definitely better to happen now than in 2027 or 2007...

I actually don't think Dolam/Doklam is such a big deal. The three pressing issues to China is (1) South China Sea, this looks it has been handled (2) NK/Thaad, this is the most urgent issue right now. (3) the 19th NCCPC So I think Doklam will get some attention soon but not in the next two weeks.

Breaking up India is an easy to see strategy. Just study a little bit of India, the different areas have different culture, language, people, and all have high levels of corruption.

If this becomes war it will be the first time in history PLA fights a war with equal or better weaponry when compared to the adversary.

Is that true that most turbofan projects have multiple engines: same core, different bypass ratio? If so, I imagine changing the bypass ratio is not fundamental?

I remembered they said WS-10 and variants were based on a US engine (non-military) design many years ago.

There is no real friends in foreign relations, only interests. Once (and if) China becomes the overwhelming #1 superpower, Japan/Korea or even Singapore will be the best friends and they will say friendship is forever like people will forget about history. These are just pest countries they...

Of course it is all talk. But let's just assume the two countries agree there won't be nuclear weapons involved (impossible since it is US' advantage). We know J-20 is not leaving Chinese territorial air space (other than a random walk into SCS space from time to time) Let's just say F-22 is...

The possibility of F-22 vs J-20 is very slim. Maybe an all out war between China/Japan in the next 20 years? That is the only scenario I think these two can meet in mid air. Even that is close to impossible considering J20's main purpose is to kill fuel tanker aircrafts. So these discussions are...

SA had the tradition of buying Chinese weapons in large batches, and maintain good relation with US/NATO at the same time. This is a win-win situation so the more the merrier. One thing I am surprised is they prefer CH-4/5 (also sold to Iraq) over the larger WL-2 series. From China's side...

Yes. Another popular assumption is the engine. The parade and the subsequent interview showed J-20 is quickly maturing; based on that I think Su35 may not be a big factor. Again I have no internal info just pure speculation.

After the parade the new structure is J-20 + J16/Su35 My guess is Su35 is not used as a air superiority fighter by PLAAF

I am sure everyone has different opinions. My take is J-20 and J16/Su35/J11 are serving different roles, they are complements not replacements. Maybe some geopolitical forces are in play too.

There is no point arguing the details, because we simply do not know the classified data. On to the performance of J-20, nobody really knows. The pilot interviewed can't give an objective evaluation, just like when you interview F-22 pilots they will all say the jet is great. A true objective...

radar dome is blurred?

It seems Sikkim is what India really worries about.