China preparing for war with Russia? On May 14, 2022, a secret mobilization meeting was held in China by the command of the Southern Theater of Operations of the Chinese Army, from where audio and video information was leaked: https://bit.ly/3G6zWNg The command of the Southern Theater of Operations of the PLA met at the request of the National Mobilization Committee, which set the task of transferring the entire economy of the region to a military footing. This means that the factories that produced trailers for trucks literally tomorrow will start producing trawls for tanks, and the shipyards that built pleasure boats for the rich will start building military boats, and so on. And the generals carefully grind all this into reports and figures, from time to time interrupting tirades with ridges to Comrade Xi and the native Chinese Communist Party. https://bit.ly/3yTvu2W As far as one can understand from the conversations of the Chinese generals, the situation is exactly the same with all the military districts, it’s just that the information leaked out a little from this district. On May 10, Gao Yusheng (https://bit.ly/3sTrYBN) appeared in the Chinese press. Here's what he said: Russia has been declining ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a decline that is first of all a continuation of the pre-dissolution Soviet Union. It is also related to the failures of the internal and external policies of the Russian ruling clique. This process has been exacerbated by Western economic sanctions which have damaged sectors of the Russian economy. The so-called revival or revitalization of Russia under Putin’s leadership is false; it simply does not exist. Russia’s decline is evident in its economic, military, technological, political, and social spheres, and has had a serious negative impact on the Russian military and its war effort. The failure of the Russian blitzkrieg and the failure to achieve a quick victory signaled the beginning of the Russian defeat. The Russian military’s economic and financial strength, which are not commensurate with its status as a so-called military superpower, could not support a high-tech war costing hundreds of millions of dollars a day. The Russian army’s poverty-driven defeat was evident everywhere on the battlefield. Every day that the war is delayed is a heavy burden for Russia. Russian military and economic advantages over Ukraine have been offset by the resilience of Ukraine and the huge, sustained and effective aid provided to Ukraine. The generational differences between Russia and the U.S. and other NATO countries in the areas of weapons and technology, military concepts, and modes of warfare make the advantages and disadvantages of both sides even more pronounced. Modern wars are necessarily hybrid wars, covering military, economic, political, diplomatic, public opinion, propaganda, intelligence, and information. Russia is not only in a passive position on the battlefield, but has lost in other areas. This means that it is only a matter of time before Russia is finally. It is only a matter of time before Russia is finally defeated. Russia can no longer decide when and how the war will end. Russia is trying to end the war as soon as possible so it can hold on to what it has gained. This has failed. In this sense, Russia has lost its strategic leadership and initiative.