If it's a conventional war and China has his back there's no guarantee he'd be overthrown or even killed. Assad is alive and well after all these years. That s

If it's a conventional war and China has his back there's no guarantee he'd be overthrown or even killed. Assad is alive and well after all these years. That said, nobody wants a land war in Asia (one of the Classic Blunders) so it would take a lot of stupidity to get there.