# WWIII Social Disruption

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174 "2022-05-26T20:34:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/21 "2022-05-28T01:58:55Z")

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Out of curiosity, how much experience does the Chinese military have fighting wars? Are there any conflicts that are recent enough that senior NCOs and officers cut their teeth on?

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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/22 "2022-05-28T02:15:28Z")

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Last was Vietnam 1979. [Four weeks of intense combat.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War)

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**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/23 "2022-05-28T14:02:42Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> The USA is a big importer of metals and rare earths too. I wonder from which side the first nuclear strike would come. Which is not a good prospect at all.

On the flip side, China is a huge importer of oil. And our navy is big enough to blockade their imports.

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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/24 "2022-05-28T14:43:18Z")

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China has land borders 22,800 km long, with 14 contiguous countries.  
I expect (but don’t know) that US consumer goods could be harvested for weapons materials and any shortfall would be supplied by one/more of NATO allies. Just like the Commonwealth supplied UK forces in WWII.

Could Russia and N Korea feed and arm China? I doubt it.

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**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/25 "2022-05-30T20:28:50Z")

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> [@Spaquaman](#):
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> I contended that China would suffer less societal impacts (economy, food availability, medicine, manufacturing, stock market, etc) than the USA in the event of WIII. Which country is [more resilient?](https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2019/05/31/us-china-trade/)

I think you lost that argument…

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**Author:** ![Spaquaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Spaquaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spaquaman)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/26 "2022-06-02T15:53:41Z")

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To each their own …

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**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwiii-social-disruption/965174/27 "2022-06-03T00:38:13Z")

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