“China has become the world’s leading supplier of many food flavorings, vitamins and preservatives...”
“available in large quantities only from China.”
“...an increase of 150 percent from just two years earlier, according to Chinese industry estimates. It is now the predominant maker of vanilla flavoring, citric acid and varieties of Vitamin B such as thiamine, riboflavin and folic acid — nutrients commonly added to processed flour goods...”
Food, clothing and shelter.
Basic human needs.
So, if there’s a war, all they have to do is destroy our shelter......or items and energy for same.
In other words, our infrastructure.
So much for being the Breadbasket of the World. Good American fields lie fallow or are sold to developers in favor of importing our comestables from a third world Superfund wasteheap.