The CCP's ever-increasing crescendo of military action has escalated about as far as it can possibly go.
Last week, U.S. Navy sources reported that China is literally simulating aircraft carrier strikes against Taiwan. The three days of scheduled "exercises" included aerial and naval blockages and precision aircraft attacks.
You know, exactly like the type China would use against Taiwan.
It's the military equivalent of something I experienced frequently growing up with three siblings...
Only instead of a mild annoyance, it's the constant threat of invasion from a far more powerful nation. China's aggression has been looming in the distance for years now.
A full-scale invasion of Taiwan has never been more likely than it is now.
China's tech industry, one of its most jealously guarded assets, is under siege from all sides. The U.S., Japan, and the Netherlands have all agreed to restrict exports of something China absolutely can't survive without: advanced chipmaking equipment.
But two can play at that game. While these three nations dominate one industry, China dominates hundreds.
China's obvious, inevitable retaliation will no doubt be against Taiwan. Without access to lithography machines to etch microscopic pathways onto silicon chips, manufacturing advanced parts for smartphones and supercomputers is impossible.