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China still doesn't have much of a navy, they definitely don't have a blue seas navy yet anywhere compared to the USA or even the Japanese sdf. Ya, the us is going from 100 to 90 while china is going from 1 to 2. And that's not even the point: they don't want to go against china directly, there is too much integration. But they definitely want to sell some boats to Vietnam. So the next time china wants to go at it wi…
>And that's not even the point: they don't want to go against china directly, there is too much integration. Yet another reason why China's regional dominance is increasing and the US is shrinking. It's not just their navy. The US is too inextricably tied to the Chinese economy. In the last 5 years it's been looking like the US would lose out more if China pulled the trading plug (suddenly cut off exports / let the y…
Integration cuts both ways.