Did China Rise by Playing Weak?

China act weak???
What delusion is this about the planet’s #1 hyper-masculine power?

• 1949: Founded the PRC.
• 1950: Crushed domestic bandits while fighting UN forces in Korea until 1953. Concurrently helped Vietnam beat France (until 1954).
• 1955: Joint air-land-naval assault seized Yijiangshan Islands from KMT.
• 1956: Shot down U.S. spy plane (16 Americans killed).
• 1957: “Accidentally” downed Soviet aircraft.
• 1958: Bombarded Kinmen (Taiwan).
• 1959-1962: Tibet rebellion crushed (slave lords annihilated). Plus 1962 India beatdown.
• 1963: Public ideological brawl with USSR.
• 1964: Military skills Olympics (finally no fighting).
• 1965: Immediately joined Vietnam War against U.S.
• 1966: Humiliated Portugal in Macau standoff.
• 1967: Slapped India again; downed another U.S. plane.
• 1968: Tested H-bomb; built road for Pakistan.
• 1969: Zhenbao Island clashes with USSR (full rupture).
• 1970-1975: “Quiet” phase (still shot U.S. spy planes, massed troops vs. USSR, armed Vietnam).
• 1976: Actual calm (8 nuke tests, no fights).
• 1978: Mobilized to punish Vietnam.
• 1979-1990: Vietnam War—nonstop decade-long thrashing.
• 1991: Rare “mild” year (met real guns after decades of fists). Still spat with UK/US in 1992.

That “weakling act”? Just a blip. To the world, China was a “hyper-masculine killer sharpening blades.”

Today’s “gentle China” baffles observers—after all, you were Earth’s top fighter, paused only by America’s “heaven-strike palm technique” (nukes). You never truly calmed down.

Comments:

1. [doge] Now in suits, Hyper-Masculine Big Bro makes neighbors forget his ferocity.
2. “Calm” phases? 1994 Yellow Sea crisis, 1996 Taiwan Strait, 2001 South China Sea standoff, 2006 Taiwan, 2008 Tibet, 2009 Xinjiang anti-terror ops, 2012 Diaoyu Islands, 2013-14 India clashes, 2016 SCS naval face-off, 2018 tariffs.
3. 1970-1975 “quiet”? [surprised] Tested H-bomb; exported red revolution to Hong Kong/Japan.
4. Gulf War/Yugoslavia bombing sobered China—briefly. Caught up? Back to form!
5. [tears] 1990s-present: China’s only 30+ years of peace in millennia.
6. Too long since hyper-masculine era. New gens see only “soft rabbit”—ignorant of history.
7. Yeah, 30+ years without chopping heads!
8. Only beat neighbors—distant foes felt nothing. Vietnam whooping was decades ago. Barbarians respect fists, not virtue. Time for fresh spankings.
9. Back then: fearless, no vulnerabilities. Now? [surprised x3]
10. 1990s-2000s humiliations (Yinhe ship, Belgrade embassy bombed, EP-3 collision)… Glad we didn’t waste those years.
11. 1991-1949=42 yrs hyper-masculine; 2025-1991=34 yrs “brief”? Don’t get it.
12. Early fights were forced. Only after terrifying everyone did China “relax.”