China currently holds close to a trillion $ in US bonds and we continue to pay the interest. It is probably not by chance but that interest pays for the entire chicom military. If they make a move outside their own kraphole they risk losing those payments, and that, in my view at least, is the single biggest holdup for their moving on Taiwan. If they hold Taiwan but lose the cash flow their own people will finish them off. The commies love them some US bucks.
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