Debate: Can any country defeat China if they went to war against them?
Side: yes, doable

I would agree with the fact that your average Chinese infantrymen is better at asymmetrical warfare(ambush,sneak attacks) things like that,plus they are probably better at long range raids then their American counter parts. But U.S. infantry is styled as shock troops, heavy infantry whatever you would like to call them. And historically when heavy/shock infantry meets light,skirmisher infantry the sheer weight of the shock units win out. Now granted China does out number U.S. but if you break the fight down to fire-team on fire-team 2-5 man groups a single U.S. fire-team has more weight of shot then does a Chinese fire-team. Think HMS Victory vs a couple of small brigs or sloops maybe even a frigate. This is due to communications, targeting systems, and still knowing how to read a map(I know crazy, but yes U.S. Infantry can read) Not to mention a crew serve weapon of the U.S on average out shoots the Chinese equivalent (240-B vs RPK family of machine guns) Then you have to get into tanks and other weapon systems. And this is where America will make the most gains. We all know at the out set of WW2 the biggest thing that set the German panzers apart so well was the radio and a die-hard will to push forward(mobility) well the U.S. would be able to hit the Chinese army in so many places an mostly at will with over-whelming fire superiority and that is the reason I believe America would win on the ground in a Battle. A war depending on regional or strategic would have to be fought in the Indian ocean due to the fact that machines need oil and no modern army can fight with out it. So there would be a drawn-out naval chess game there (why do you think America supports Taiwan) so we have a supply-base gas station for air-power and an open door into China's Jugular(oil from Mid-East/Africa) same thing would happen to China as did Japan and i don't think China would put up as good a fight as Japan did in WW2 either simply because they do not have the reserves of ships or the navy in place to deal with a long war. China has some(by some I mean very small, have to look very hard to find) hints as to their plan to dislodge American Naval power and to prevent them from closing the Oil shipping lanes from the Mid-East and Africa its called the Pearl-Defense Network. And if they get it up NEW GAME China holds the cards. But until then I do believe America would win do to the ability to choke China of oil. Another good point about the numbers thing 1991 Gulf war, Falklands of British vs Argentina. Another reason is Farming yes I know what the hell does farming have to do with war? Well its simple the majority of China's farm-able land is near the seas and the farms are stressed to near breaking points to keep up with feeding the population. Its a bad enough situation that China must import soy to feed pigs and grain to feed chickens which have become corner stones of the Chinese diets. Now where do they get those from I've read/heard a few different number but on average they say 60-70% of the imports of soy and grain come form America, and the figure of how much they import is about 40% of what they use yearly. So after looking into it a Regional war or skirmish if you will I think they would win. But a prolonged lengthy war we would win. If the war starts in the next decade or so. After that who knows But most likely someone would launch a nuke and that would be game point good-bye have a nice day.