It has 2200+ nuclear warheads… a disintegrated China is more dangerous than a United china
Never, EVER, be made to live on knees to mere Human made weapons.
Nukes are no doubt AWESOME, but the courageous innocent and docile People of Japan, whom were NOT the Perpetrators of horrific WW2 atrocities, but were made to experience the HORRIFIC effects of atomic bombs by blind faith to their fellow citizens whom are only flawed mortals whom aspired to be traditional Shoguns, paid the price, for those who left Earth and those that survived with terrible radiation effects for life......
They SURVIVED, and learnt how to survive, to progress and evolve, and such lessons WILL be how Humankind will survive far far better with lessons learnt, but for those who created the situation that such bombs HAD to be used, for their own deluded Samurai sense of personal glory....mercy upon them........
While it is true that communist China has several nukes, but LET'S make it clear....such nukes can only be ACTIVATED by the HEAD of STATE, or the following chain of command.
Should communist China be one day fractured and ruled by Warlords, what those warlords owned are only rockets, that they CANNOT even fire, but will of course show off of their capabilities, which WILL be absent without the SAFETY Firing CODES from the LEADER of Communist China.
Thus there is no need of fear of anyone, or live on knees to anyone, least of all Warlords in our hi tech and for sure heavily regulated World. Their critical enforcement of their power over masses lays within the MINDS of the people that they can control, and not highly secured WMDs.
Furthermore, any moronic Head of State who fires nukes, will be met with far more nukes, as nukes is a MAD weapon - Mutual Assured Destruction - there will be no such thing as firing a nuke, then sitting down, sipping tea and await negotiations.....no mortal or true leader will be that stupid to live on knees to threats.....
Peace, talks, discussions, honest debates, acknowledging mistakes and correcting them, will be how we Humankind will survive, not just ourselves, but loved ones and innocent future generations to come...