> A naval blockade would harm China more than conquering Taiwan would help China Agreed. And not just iron ore, military and civ populations need to be fed: T

> A naval blockade would harm China more than conquering Taiwan would help China Agreed. And not just iron ore, military and civ populations need to be fed: There's also the fact that most of China soybean supply comes from imports (around 90 percent of its soybeans are imported from the international market and are mostly used in oil and animal feed)… China would have to be able to deploy/resupply some sort of protection for those ships for any cargo imported. There's lots of different avenues that can be pursued by a varying number of state/non state actors, that will have varying levels of impact and feasible response to such, so I really find the thinking "ww3 is highly unlikely so, [x] actor/nation state can do w/e it wants with no material consequences" really lazy…