Warring in North East Asia: Possible Scenarios

... significant hurdles in expanding military capacities due to budget limitations. As a result, in the long run the scales are going to definitely tip in favor of China. Outcomes While the conflict outcomes seem infinitely numerous, here are five basic scenarios. China's defeat and ensuing bipolar confrontation . A defeat would trigger an escalation of mass nationalism and harsher anti-Japanese and anti-American sentiments in China. Craving revenge, the Chinese would prepare for another war. The international order in Asia Pacific would become a confrontational bipolar system – China against the bloc of the U.S.A., Japan and their ...