In the event of a war on land, against india or russia for example, how would China deploy its armed forces? Would they defend or attack with mass forces 'soviet style' (using a lot of their old tanks) or stick with their newer state of the art tanks and fight in a more 'western' style?
China has around 5,500 Type 59 (copy of T-54/55), 400 Type 62 (modernized light tank version of type 59), around 300 Type 69/79 (further developments of Type 59), around 500 Type 88, around 2000-2,500 Type 96 (an upgraded Type 88), and finally their cream of the crop, around 600 Type 99 (totally new modern tank on par theoretically with the best of today).