1  I find it hard to trust or believe anything China says. I finally do agree with Irans President when his reply to this was everything China has sent them is junk. China is a master at stealing technology and making knockoffs but they lack the skill to make their knockoffs dependable and consistent. Take their high speed rail a perfect copy of European and Japanese design except China cannot produce the high quality steel needed to make the bearings so the trains can run at top speed. The best they can do is half speed and the vibrations from the ride is known to cause numbness is the riders legs. The Saudis launched a Chinese Missile at the Houthis and it fell apart before it got to the target.This is why I believe they wont attack Taiwan because they know themselves their stuff is junk .

2 Interesting analysis, Mike. It's well for us to keep these things in mind; not all technology is equal in quality. Thanks for pointing these things out!

Tim, I'm not so sure Trump is desperate about the midterms. There's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that we don't know about, and we shouldn't believe 80% of what we read from the MSM.