Reply #9: China has another ace [View All]

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or two.
They are home to manufacturers of goods for the US. Something as simple as a volt meter, which is necessary for maintaining military machinery, is now made in China. Manufacturing in the US has been dismantled and moved to China.

The US would get awfully weak in the knees if denied their TVs and most other consumer goods. Make no mistake that manufactured goods in China are under the control of China, no matter what corporation established the deal to put it there. Should the corporations pull out, China can assume full control of the goods.
GM is already suing China for "copying" one of their products.

China has also been shoring up support for an Asian bloc as well as securing natural resources in the area, including Africa.

Corporations have huge power over Western nations but are just players to China and China knows how to play them. We should not make the mistake of interpreting the actions of China according to Western traditions.