alt Hacker News> It doesn't matter if you can build lots of ships if the US navy can take them out as they leave port into the open ocean.
If China can build lots of ships, it can build lots of warships. I'm skeptical the US Navy would have it that easy.
Also, as the US Navy ships trying to enforce a blockade would be getting pelted by land-based anti-ship missiles.
The USA can also hammer them from nearby island based airbases. It isn’t easy to just saturate them with ships. Maybe if they can make breakthru with drones. Right now their best strategy is just be exposed less by making people drive EVs instead of gasoline vehicles. It also has other benefits like getting the rest of the world off of oil, and being able to sell the cars and clean energy production needed to do that, and also cleaner air. China wins 3 way here, so it’s really a very smart choice for them, and it gives them even more money to draw on to continue building a modern military.