[jonplackett]

I remember a while back an Adbusters pastiche poster supposedly from Nestlé which read:

Go on then, boycott us! I bet you can't, we make EVERYTHING.

China is Nestlé on steroids. What is anyone really going to do to China? What country can continue to function without Chinese manufacturing?

[m-ee]

The factories are in China, but they're making parts for American or multinational companies. And the CMs themselves may or may not be Chinese. Foxconn is Taiwanese, Flextronics is legally Singaporean but headquartered in the US. Those two alone might be close to a million jobs in China. How can Chinese manufacturing and the Chinese economy function without customers?

[Spooky23]

How long can China last without orders? Or oil? Or minerals from Australia?

If the Chinese political situation broke down to the point that they were bombing fabs in Taiwan, there will be plenty of ways to destabilize their efforts.