Abrams is "battle-tested" against downgraded T-72s
US has not a fought a "peer" in tank warfare since WW2 so this experience does not count for much.
You cannot provide conclusive evidence that the Abrams is much superior than the latest Chinese tank so let's leave it at that.
Yes they can, if you have enough of them and China would have more than any other country in the world. Japan is a small, extremely target rich country which would be perfect for China to demonstrate missile warfare. Japan would run out of air-defence missiles way before China had even used up half it's stockpile - that is if the Chinese are not able to take out the Japanese radars first.
Anyway there are rumours that a stealth bomber like the B-2 is currently in the works and this should be ready for action towards the latter part of this decade. I am sure that this "rumour" will turn out to be true like the J-20/J-31 also were
First let's get this clear we are talking about 2020 onwards as China's Navy is currently weaker than the Japanese lol.
China will have 3 carriers to be dealt with - 2 of them are likely to be as large, with the complement as large and varied, like the US carriers and the other Varyag will still be decent with an air-wing of 24-30 fighters.
The point is that with the
possibility of US carriers being sunk by DF-21D missiles, they will stay far out in the Ocean, massively reducing their effectiveness. The real goal of the DF-21D is not to sink the US carriers but to put the element of doubt that they
can. And why do you persist with this, US will attack the Chinese mainland unless you would like to get into a shooting war with a country that by then would have hundreds of mirved-ICBMS on both land and sea?!
When I said "time is on China's side" I meant the passage of time as in decades, not in a war scenario
Simply China's economy will become industrialised by 2030 or so whereas the US already is. By 2030 China will be
relatively far stronger to the US than it is now.
Who says China wants "total-servitude"?
China will want all Asian countries to unite for the benefit of Asians only and any that dare invite outsiders will pay the price - not just military but also economic sanctions from the country which is less than a decade away from being the world's richest.
Plenty of Asian countries will have no problem with "Asia for Asians" like Europeans believe in "Europe for Europeans"