[jester]

Oh, I do not advocate that any of those ideas by themselves would cause them terrible harm. But,with all of them combined it would. What I am more working with, is the idea of causing them rebelling within their boarders. <It already exists the further one gets from Bejin.>

As for them turning inward for inner markets, true, but then again, this is what I see with China today. A vast chasm between the rich who live lives of luxury. And the poor who still live in the countryside who don't even have electricity. It exists! And yes they had a growning middle class of the skilled labor, but these folks are now suffering as a result of the worlds economic crisis because China put most of its domestic energy into industrialization and manufacturing.

And, I just do not see Russia being as big a market for China alone that it will keep them from going bankrupt if a blockade were to be put in place. And N. Korea and Cuba wouldn't do it either. They would of course turn to the 3rd World. But, if a blockade were to be made of China then assuming Russia were on freindly terms, they could transit through Russia, into the Baltic and Black Sea ports and Arctic, but those ports are all landlocked with limited access and you would have to travel the expanse of Asia and Europe to get them to market. But, they could find markets in the 3rd World, some Asian, Africa for sure and some S. American. And I do not doubt that many European and other nations would stab the US in the back and conduct under the table trade deals with China much like they have with Iran, Iraq and A-Stan. <In my view those nations could do with a little thermo nuclear renovations.>

And another aspect is, how much does China have invested in the US and areas that are within the US's sphere of influence? All of those assets and facilities get siezed immediatly and used for the war effort <thus they are eliminated as a bargaining chip or reparation once hostilities are ended.>