Desperation, possibly. As I understand it, the deal between the CCP and the Chinese people was "you get rich, but you get no rights". If the economic downturn f

Desperation, possibly. As I understand it, the deal between the CCP and the Chinese people was "you get rich, but you get no rights". If the economic downturn from COVID hits as hard as the doomers predict, then that deal could be over. A war could be a way of putting off the civil problems that will bring.