China is boxed in by US backed islands from Korea (a de facto island) to the Philippines. Having a guaranteed gap out into open water from the mainland is worth more to a major power than the chip manufacturing. It’s the same conflict that Turkey is having with Greece, where one nation is boxed in by another.
China is boxed in by US backed islands from Korea (a de facto island) to the Philippines. Having a guaranteed gap out into open water from the mainland is worth more to a major power than the chip manufacturing. It’s the same conflict that Turkey is having with Greece, where one nation is boxed in by another.