Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "Why a China-US war will take place other than the Taiwan Strait, says a former PLA officer" video.

  1. Now his assertion that the SCS is more important I think is correct. Lei, however, does not understand China's goals for the SCS. 1. China's interest in the SCS has little to do with resources. They can get those resources without all this trouble. 2. It is not about fish. That's ridiculous. 3. China could do all that by asserting EEZ rights. BUT -- it does not do that. China claims FULL SOVEREIGNTY over the SCS. WHY??? What does that give them? If China gets sovereignty, then its laws rule that water. Ships could not enter or transit without China's permission and regulation. China could insist on searching every ship. Or require registrations. The SCS would become like any bay or river in China. 4. With sovereignty over the SCS, China could control the maritime trade of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei. These nations would be reduced to vassal states to China. THAT is what China wants. Reducing all the countries of the region to being vassals of China is its goal. Reducing all nearby states to vassals is what Imperial China did for 2000 years. The CCP may be Communist, but it is more Chinese. It hasn't changed from its days of empire.
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  2.  @jamesrey3221  China sells to the world -- less and less. I am seeing items that were once made in China, now being labelled "made in Vietnam" or some other place. The world is changing.
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  3. The only way to push America out of the first island chain will be to attack our forces. If China does that, the effect on America will be profound. It would mean war. Do understand what happened after the attack on Pearl Harbor? The isolationist United States mobilized its entire economy. We stopped making cars, and made tanks and planes instead. The change was drastic and immediate. If China attacks us, the same would happen. ALL maritime trade to/from China would cease. Our subs would sink the Chinese navy, and any ship that tries to trade with China.
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