Absolute codswallop.
The British military is more powerful than the Chinese military. And Britain can just threaten to nuke China. China can't nuke Britain.
China will defeat the UK any place. On Chinese soil and outside. China military budget is nearly 3 times that of the UK, Considering that Chinese men-power is less costly, in practice it counts to much more.
China air force is by far superior to the British one in numbers and doesn’t fall short in the quality of equipment. It may be that the Chinese are less experienced pilots, but it doesn’t change too much with such big differences what more that unlike in movies, the main role of air force is to bomb, transport and gather intelligence - and less to engage in dog fights.
The Chinese have much more means to project power to long distances (which is one main defining criteria of super power) and their nuclear subs fleet is probably superior to the British one. Certainly in numbers and in size of projects the Chinese are having the edge. Few years ago the US navy was training in China sea, then out of no where Chinese nuclear sub surfaced in a distance of few hundred meters from an American air craft carrier, circumventing its massive security circle. Not much is known about Chinese nuclear subs, but it’s known that they are, like most of the weapon China produce (and it produce everything), are the cutting edge of technology, even if a bit less than what the US and the UK have. The Chinese navy is much bigger and more capable than the British one. Though the British navy is one of worlds biggest navies.
In terms of industry, China have much more means and capabilities for mass production. In WWII Germany fail to understand the industrial capabilities of the US, therefore declared war on it, ending with the German defeat. The Chinese military industry, much like its civilian one, manufacture everything. The worlds largest air transporter (we just learned about that few weeks ago), also it currently develop
fifth-generation fighter air crafts (
Chengdu J-20). On the civilian side, the world used to see on the market products that were manufactured in China, but always the technology and design were Western and etc. Now we know Chinese firms that manufacture laptops, smartphones and etc. With Chinese design. It goes like that for all sides of industry with part is still to get out to the rest of the world.
The point is that they are in rapid developing process very. And even now they do many things the UK just can’t (like starting a project of developing fifth-generation aircraft).
In terms of science and technology, China is blooming. 1 in every 3 peer reviewed scientific papers published in international journals is carrying Chinese name or names. So even if the UK is more advanced in some technological areas, it’s not enough or close to enough to make such huge difference. What more, that we know the Chinese do have cutting edge original technologies. For instance, they dazzled American
reconnaissance satellite using powerful laser beam from the ground. They also developed the first known anti aircraft carrier ground to sea missile, with a range of 1500 km.
In space, the Chinese have much more assets, and are the third country in the world to send men to space.
In cyber capabilities, China expenditure is huge, and they have huge capabilities, The Chinese also have huge computational capabilities and many super computers. We also know that few years ago the Chinese army did an experiment in which it pass something like 80% of worlds internet communication through its servers. Though I tend to think the UK is more capable in at least part of the important aspects involved, but again, the gap and the size of it are not enough to compensate on the huge disadvantage the UK have when it compared to super power like China. It’s like comparing a leopard to tiger.
In number of soldiers, there is no place to start to compare. So, no, the UK don’t stand a chance. The only balance in terms of military power to the UK, is the US (which currently have the edge). Not even Russia can stand against China.
In WWII the military of the UK played a minor role in defeating Germany, if we scale it in terms of physical power. US and Russia were the muscles behind the defeat of the Germans. The UK came up with brilliant intelligence operations and with ingenious intelligence gathering. This is the UK till today. If China open war on it, the US will have to help her, otherwise it stand no chance.
But a real extreme scenario should happen for China to attack western country. They are rational.
P.S.
Just want to add that in war games and w
ar simulations done in the US by the US army strategic research branch, it’s always found that in case of war between the US and China, US wouldn’t be able to defeat China, not on its soil. The UK is nothing in compare to the US in terms of military power, military size, military technology and military budget. So it may give you a proportion.