The buzzword in the defence community seems to be 'asymmetry' these days, particularly with respect to China's military build-up. However, asymmetric warfare is not new. More importantly, the asymmetry paradigm does not fully capture the full scope of China's strategic expansion; for this purpose, better terms would be 'unrestricted' or even 'total warfare' (with all of its Second World War connotations). If that's too bloody, let's try out this one: 'seamless war'.

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