Oh my God, what WILL we do when they cut off the supply of pet chew toys?
We still have a massive industrial capacity.
In the meantime, we are helping the PLA to become a mercantilist army dominated by businessmen-in-uniform instead of a warfighting army dominated by those who can actually fight wars.
Just what are you going to do when you realize what they are up to and have finally seen the checkmate 3 moves ahead...
The ChiComs are only a few moves away from reaping the "blessings" (heh-heh-heh) of totalitarianism--namely, societal collapse.
My guess: by 2020, we'll be reestablishing the Yangtze Patrol to defend American trade interests against the predations of the Japanese and the EU.
Really? Precisely where is it?
The EU, possible. But Japan and Taiwan might be helping us out as Indonesian and Malaysia grow to dominate ASEAN.