>>211915443That's stupid.
Read "Freedom's Forge" by Arthur Herman: without a strong manufacturing sector you can't win a prolonged conflict with a major power.
The west made China too strong by delocalising there the production of any equipment and now it's too late to do anything.
They'll just invade Taiwan and there will be no effective western reaction... and after that sadly most asean countries will align with Beijing after seeing that western protection is ineffective in the moment of truth.