> because everyone involved is trying to avoid escalation. And that's why the worst case will never happen - behind all those circus, all of those countries (m

> because everyone involved is trying to avoid escalation. And that's why the worst case will never happen - behind all those circus, all of those countries (maybe except Taiwan) are doing immense amount of business with each other and increasing the amount of that business behind closed doors. But its certain that circuses will continue whenever a local government needs to rile up domestic support for any reason.