But Alas, We Live In Interesting Times

China sabotaging Taiwan cables, too.

I was unaware until just this moment that the undersea cable sabotage is NOT just happening in the Baltic. China Update appears here regularly, this just adds to Zeihan’s thoughts in Playing Jenga With Shipping.

China imports two thirds of its energy and three quarters of its agricultural inputs. The oncoming tariffs are going to bring bitter pain, and if there is a move against Taiwan, and if JAUKUS gets drawn into responding vigorously … this is a recipe for hundreds of millions of starvation deaths in China.