[wallacrw]

And yet, the moment you want to move any of those resources from one place to another, you must deal with the US Navy, which, without meaningful resistance, can control all global shipping lanes at will.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers#Numb...

When it comes to limiting moves, no country has the ability that the US does.

[baybal2]

Indeed, this is currently missing from Chinese strategic calculations. While they do seem to be scrambling to build a navy before the good times end, they do that not to 100% of their abilities.

[mistermann]

That would basically be declaring war though, China can control things in peace times and during war.