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Originally Posted by Cactus
Don't Hong Kong Chinese and Greeks own a pretty significant portion of world's merchant marine? Or is it an urban legend? Add to that most large corporations now flag their ships under dummy names in countries like Liberia, Saint Kitts etc. - a known fact. A modern Captain Jenkins has to be a lot more creative these days, if he is to plead before the US Congress  |
That is the same point folks at US Naval college are making on why a naval blockade against PRC will not work. They done a very detail analyst and basic agreed that internal energy production will support a prolonged military campaign while import from Central Asia will keep the economy from basic operations (not growth).