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IMHO, "I want to and I can" is generally underrated as a reason in international relations.
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There's a reason the quote doesn't go "Alexander wept, for there were no more strategic-advantage-providing worlds to conquer"
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The water! That region has mountain springs for farmers, and the high ground (meme) for things like artillery, missiles, airbases
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Combo of internal PR or external musle flexing. But is there a lot of risk? I think the rest of the world is too busy to care, PRC won the last one easily, and Modi won't go nuclear for some mountain tops
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The Chinese built a road between Xinjiang and Tibet there & it's the focal point for aerial supply lines in the region (Daulat Beg Oldi)
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My guess is that this behavior is not really rational on a cost-benefit basis, when considered from the perspective of PRC as a whole but most wars aren't, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"I actually am the sole true power in Asia"
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