China has an extremely interesting philosophy of war. In the view of the Chinese Communist Party, warfare is fought on myriad fronts, both conventional and unconventional. It is fought in every arena that affects an enemy’s strength. Mobility, for example, is an ability to bring the right pieces to bear at the right time on the world stage. If an enemy can’t move, it will (like the pocket battleship Bismark during World War II) end up steering in circles rather than heading for France), and will be destroyed by allied naval and air power. Ships are worthless if they can’t be ...