最後兩段的摘錄:
“Nevertheless, officials are still preparing for a scenario where the bulk of Beijing’s military might is highly effective. Although US officials have publicly emphasized that war with China is neither inevitable nor imminent, Xi and “the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] almost certainly does” think war is inevitable, the official said, adding that CCP leadership believes that the US would be the one to start the conflict.
Explaining the thinking of senior Pentagon leaders, the DoD intelligence official said “I don’t want to rely on the Chinese not being good [at combat], because we’re not going to know they’re not good until they’re shooting at us. And I don’t want to be in a position where I find out, ‘Oh, they actually are that good. That’s a problem.’”