"Oren Elbaz " • Trading Advisor

China’s Military Is a Paper Dragon — Venezuela & Iran Proved It. China just quietly erased the chief designer of the J-20, along with top scientists in nuclear, radar, and missile programs. This is a systemic purge. Beijing is doing two things at once: 1) Political cleansing for absolute loyalty 2) A full audit of its military hardware Why? Because they’re no longer sure their weapons actually work. For decades, corruption infected everything in China, promotions were bought, procurement was rigged, materials were faked. On paper, China built a world-class military. In reality, many systems are unreliable, untested, or outright inflated. This is the difference between a showroom and a battlefield. The U.S. military tests weapons in real wars. China tests them in PowerPoint. Now imagine planning a Taiwan invasion without knowing if your missiles will fire, your radar will detect, or your jets will survive. The battlefield failures of Chinese military systems in Venezuela and Iran are exposing a harsh reality: the PLA is still a paper dragon. When tested against real combat conditions, the gap between propaganda and performance becomes impossible to hide. And that’s exactly why Xi is panicking.