CCP Learning Military Tactics, Strategy from Ukraine War: Senate Committee

Retired Major-General Mick Ryan says there is a 10-20 percent chance of another major conflict within the decade.

Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine, on April 21, 2024. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been taking lessons on military aggression and dealing with foreign leaders from the Ukraine War, an Australian Senate Committee has heard.

“The Chinese are very good at learning from other people’s wars,” said Mick Ryan, retired major general of the Australian Army, on Aug. 5.