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Those exercises were a joke. Leave at sun up, return at sun down and after five days pack up and go home.For now. Military threatening exercises encircling the island every now and then are to send a message.
Who fights a war like this

China can never take Taiwan ever. That's the part you're not getting
No, they were interfering. How come these countries manage to sell elsewhere? China broke the system and Trump will make them pay for it.Well, can't sell much to world's most ruthlessly efficient manufacturing and logistic network. Don't know how we can blame them for that.
You're not getting it. Proxies gone means China is exposed with it's back to the wall. Can't go forward or back. That's when they settleJust like how India lacks a credible opposition, USA and world lacks a credible trade backup to load-balance against China. India is the only option, but we have to perform 10x better for years to reach there. Let's see how it goes.