[JumpCrisscross]

> deploy submarines which could attack offenders

While letting U.S. kit paint the submarines they'll presumably want to use on Taiwan.

> fast develop large quantity of ocean attack drones

This is plausible. (Still not worth it for Beijing. But doable.)

[seanmcdirmid]

They could sell on credit submarines, drones, and so on to Venezuela, along with some training. They could even make it into a war by proxy, but asymmetrical by the Chinese themselves? They have too much to lose to do that these days.