In this week’s episode of the podcast, I take a look at the rapidly-unfolding clash between Western and Han Chinese civilisation, and offer up some thoughts upon the relative strengths and weaknesses of both:

The military strength numbers that I analysed are given here:

• United States of America
• China

Oh, and in case you’re wondering about that stat that I quoted about the difference in equipment between the Chinese and American infantryman, here’s the source:

I actually got the numbers wrong.

The average American grunt is loaded with about $17,000 in equipment. The average Chinese grunt – about $1,500.

The multiplier is, however, indeed about 10, which I got right.