I think: if you know that strategy, the Chinese know that strategy. And they won’t accept the possibility to be nuked exempt from punishment and hence will adapt their doctrine. No nuclear power can allow MAD to be threatened. So, in the end, every nuclear conflict will escalate into a global one, as escalation cannot be stopped.
If you want to think that, that’s fine with me.
I think: if you know that strategy, the Chinese know that strategy. And they won’t accept the possibility to be nuked exempt from punishment and hence will adapt their doctrine. No nuclear power can allow MAD to be threatened. So, in the end, every nuclear conflict will escalate into a global one, as escalation cannot be stopped.