[yongjik]

> As the recent crisis showed when push comes to shove China takes care of their internal needs first.

Not sure what you mean by "internal needs", but China is currently suffering mass blackout because China banned Australian coal. Seems to me that China puts its domestic politics in front of people's need.

* Well, at least not burning coal is a massive win for the Earth, so there's that. :/

[Gustomaximus]

They are probably referring to medical gear at the early stages of COVID. China wouldn't export things they thought they would need even if there were contracts for items.

They also took it a step further and asked Chinese in other countries to get medical supplies back to China potentially leaving other countries in difficulty. E.g. https://www.smh.com.au/national/second-developer-flies-82-to...

It should be a wake up call for politicians, though no doubt will be forgotten. International trade is great and but this clearly showed nations should keep some base activity domestically for key/essential industries.