China is building up, they’re the real historical successor the “it’s Hitler all over again” rather than Russia (maybe they get to be Italy?)
Not only that, but “tough” animals will signal greatly their desire to fight before engaging in the actual fight to intimidate their opposition. The actual fight will come at great cost regardless of power.
Hard times coming our way…
Yeah, you have to start building experience from somewhere. The Chinese Navy is both building many ships [0] (of which many would argue are among the most advanced in the world) and building operational experience [1] [2] [3]. While the Chinese Navy lacks actual combat experience, training if done properly can be very effective in its own right. It's only reasonable that the second largest economy in the world could sustain this level of development. China has the means and the will to build a very formidable navy.
Information coming from China can be suspect and I understand why some think their navy is a paper tiger. However, their ships are very real and their training exercises are also real, all sighted and confirmed by other navies. It's probably best to not underestimate their capability.
[0] https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/RL33153.pdf go to page 12
[1] https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/chinese-carrier-strike-grou...
[2] https://news.usni.org/2022/12/19/chinese-liaoning-carrier-st...
[3] https://news.usni.org/2022/12/23/russian-chinese-warships-ho...