Lets saw a war occurs between the usa ans China over some type of geopolitical event. This war ends up causing chinese and taiwaniese factories to stop output.
How would companies like Apple fare? What about american buisness in general? The majority of everything is made in china.
How would the handle such an event?
So assuming its not a nuke war and go from there.
The US has a global reach China does not have. <snip>
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Apple stocks are already going down due to instability in the Chinese government. They've dropped over 20% in the last few months. A war would break the economy for both countries. We'd need to quickly restructure for a war-time economy like we had in WWII. I think it would be MUCH harder these days and nearly everyone would be personally affected.
Yeah, something tells me we are past the days of world wars. I just don't see it happening in modern society. We are rapidly moving toward a one world government type deal I think.
Our difference of opinion stems from a fundamental difference in the way we perceive humanity. I see humanity as mostly good, while you see humanity as mostly evil. The kicker is either of us could switch sides at any moment if we made the decision to do so, by simply choosing to focus on the good or the evil.Keep dreaming. That is just delusional. There will be nuclear exchanges on a catastrophic scale at some point in our future. It is not a question of IF, it is a question of when. The hope is that it happens after we are all dead.
Denying this certainty is denying the character and history of man. If I were a betting man, I would bet on Islamic countries kicking off the destruction of the world, not the Chinese. The Chinese (like the Japanese) have a greater interest in keeping people out of their country than invading Western countries.
Our difference of opinion stems from a fundamental difference in the way we perceive humanity. I see humanity as mostly good, while you see humanity as mostly evil. The kicker is either of us could switch sides at any moment if we made the decision to do so, by simply choosing to focus on the good or the evil.
In this context, when I use the term "mostly," I do not mean 50.1% but closer to 99.99%. Also, just to be clear, I do NOT think bshole thinks humanity is evil in the same proportion.Being mostly good does not stop the minority from killing off the world.
Keep dreaming. That is just delusional. There will be nuclear exchanges on a catastrophic scale at some point in our future. It is not a question of IF, it is a question of when. The hope is that it happens after we are all dead.
Denying this certainty is denying the character and history of man. If I were a betting man, I would bet on Islamic countries kicking off the destruction of the world, not the Chinese. The Chinese (like the Japanese) have a greater interest in keeping people out of their country than invading Western countries.
Not only that, the US has these that china does not have (in Asia/surrounding area):
Allies = Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand just to name a few. They can provide bases for military purposes and supplies.
Friends = Singapore.
Neutral (that will not support china in case of war) = Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and so on. If china fulfils its threat to claim almost the whole SCS then these countries will move onto the "friends/allies" zone because of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
As a matter of fact, Obama will visit a few countries in Asia by the end of this month. Words are the US will increase military aid to Philippines and remove the arms ban toward Vietnam. Stay tuned.
What does china have beside fair weather friend Pakistan and "our dear leader fat guy" N. Korea? Maybe Sri Lanka?
Dunno about friends, but China does have one advantage.....probably the world's largest stockpiles/reserves of strategic metals, such as platinum, etc.
If rare earths are so precious, why isn’t the United States working harder to collect them? The main reason is that, for these last 25 years, China has been supplying all we could eat at prices we were more than happy to pay. If Beijing wants to raise its prices and start using supplies as geopolitical bargaining chips, so what? The rest of the world will simply roll up its sleeves and ramp up production, and the monopoly will be broken.
I am not even considering a major war. Just a small skirmish that would cause china to embargo output to US companies.
There is already some issues. (China banning itunes) and heavily restricting access to US websites.
If china decided to wage just economic war agains the US without a single bullet. (stopping production of good for american companies) it would put a real hurt.
Would how long would it take Apple to be able to start making iphones again if China decides to stop giving Apple access to Foxconn etc..
I wonder if American companies even plan any contingencies in the event of an industrial output outage in china over a prolonged period.
India's defence minister has voiced concern that the radical Islamist group Isis could obtain a nuclear weapon from "states like Pakistan".
Rao Inderjit Singh made the comments on the sidelines of the Shangri-La regional security conference in Singapore, Bloomberg has reported.
"With the rise of Isis in West Asia, one is afraid to an extent that perhaps they might get access to a nuclear arsenal from states like Pakistan," Bloomberg quoted him as saying.
Earlier in the month Isis suggested it could attempt to buy its first nuclear weapon within a year and that it might come from Pakistan.
An article in its propaganda magazine Dabiq said: "The Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilāyah [official] in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region."
This isn't from me. It is Obama's greatest fear. It is inevitable. It really really is. On the positive side, Israel would most likely get hit long before America. ISIS is actively attempting to purchase nuclear weapons from Pakistan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...in-nuclear-weapon-from-pakistan-10287276.html
Yeah, something tells me we are past the days of world wars. I just don't see it happening in modern society. We are rapidly moving toward a one world government type deal I think.
This isn't from me. It is Obama's greatest fear. It is inevitable. It really really is. On the positive side, Israel would most likely get hit long before America. ISIS is actively attempting to purchase nuclear weapons from Pakistan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...in-nuclear-weapon-from-pakistan-10287276.html