A little bit of both. It's true to an extend but you're absolutely right that the PRC isn't as dependent as many foreigners imagine. Depends on our definition o

A little bit of both. It's true to an extend but you're absolutely right that the PRC isn't as dependent as many foreigners imagine. Depends on our definition of luxury/necessary goods as well. To me eating pork isn't essential but to many Chinese it would definitely be a problem if there were a meat shortage. Nothing that would bring the regime to its knees though and not that the CCP leadership would care about citizens anyway as long as they can be kept from revolting. Also people should be aware this is exactly the sort of thing they're preparing for, while many other countries aren't. The Chinese leadership isn't just massively increasing military spending year by year but also preparing the economy and especially vital industries like agriculture to be more independent and resilient. One could say it's a precautionary measure, in case war were declared. My guess is democratic nations meanwhile are going to drag their feet and deny the changes right in front of their eyes. This happened with Russia and it doesn't seem like most have learned their lesson from it. Especially certain European nations.