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China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment (mainichi.jp)

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- China's military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island's defense ministry said Monday was a daily record in recent times.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed. They'd also have to be pretty sure they'd make up the deficit from potential sanctions/lost exports. [https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2?commodity=TOTAL&reporter=China&trade_flow=Export,Import&partner=World&indicator=TV,YoY&time_period=2021,2022](20% of their GDP is exports ) with the US, Japan, and Korea making up close to 25% of that.

It's probably why they are watching Russia so closely and investing in Africa heavily.