[srmanuel]

If a war broke out and China and/or Russia combined closed the Malaca Strait, Panama Canal and the Suez Canal, it would bring the world economy to its knees in a hurry.

[Terabitten]

If a war broke out and China and/or Russia combined closed the Malaca Strait, Panama Canal and the Suez Canal, it would bring the world economy to its knees in a hurry.

Don't make the mistake of thinking the Russian or Chinese navies are even remotely peer or near-peer to the US Navy. If war broke out, the Russian and Chinese navies would be on the bottom before they found out about it.

[Alas Babylon!]

That would hurt China far more than the West.