Quote Originally Posted by Ironside
Actually, I suspect that a few million people would be acceptable losses for China.
Losing a billion people would scare them off though.
A few million meaning in the neighborhood of 400 to 500 million at first, then an additional 100 to 200 million in non-nuclear warfare related casualties, then an additional 100 to 200 million in other causes. So that's 600 to 900 million.