No, but China has lost face over this. The retaliation will be from a direction and method DC will not see coming.
Brace. There is more than one way to fight.
“No, but China has lost face over this. The retaliation will be from a direction and method DC will not see coming.”
I’m thinking maybe the Panama Canal. China now controls both the Caribbean access and the Pacific access. It could very well try to deny access to US vessels.