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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by Animats on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:49PM (#26388941)
China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited is the largest bulk carrier in the world. China can handle their own food imports in their own hulls. The biggest item is soybeans from Brazil. China buys food from the US but does not have to.
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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by hollerith on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:32PM (#26392561)
The mere fact that China owns enough merchant ships to import what it needs is far, far from being the pivotal factor if China ever finds itself in a war with the US.
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