Originally Posted by
etudiant
Thank you, that clears things up properly. I don't get the FT, so only saw the quoted excerpt.
Longer term though, it is hard not to see China prevailing in its push to dominate the South China Sea as well as Taiwan.
They are building the world's largest navy and rapidly expanding their nuclear strike force to be more comparable to that of the US, offsetting the perceived imbalance of forces..
They have more industrial capacity than their potential adversaries and they are using it to become locally preeminent.
And have been doing so for some years. We can't say we weren't warned.
Question is whether rule of law is worth standing up for...