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People here will confirm, I suspected that for a long time. And that's probably the most powerful deterrence China have, if you start long war you are cut off from those resources rendering you powerless to win, if you try to win doing massive inter continental damage, well you likely destroyed your own supply chain as well, so China kinda became unreplacable to the world.
I think this was exactly the strategy on the part of China, and another layer of deterrence here is that large US companies are economically dependent on doing production in China now. Moving out is very difficult because all these companies are in competition with each other forcing them to prioritize short term profits. Any company that starts investing in moving infrastructure out of China ends up being at a disadvantage relative to its competitors.
I think this also speaks volumes about eastern/Chinese philosophy, especially in terms of conflict. Winning the war, before it even starts. War is usually a tragic, absolute last resort, rather than first or second option, as in the West.
Indeed, it's a far more sophisticated approach than using blunt force the way the west does.