The People of the Valley

The number-one thing that China is concerned about right now is Semiconductors . While China sees Taiwan as one of its own territories , Taiwan sees itself as an independant nation . The UnitedStates knows that Taiwan has the right to freedom and liberty like any other God-fearing nation , and right now is bearing two massive loads on opposite sides of the world helping small allies defend themselves from tyrants . It is likely that both nations see themselves as the Scruffy Underdog protecting The Helpless from Those Bullies Over There .

Allegedly , 92% of the world·s Semiconductors are built in Taiwan . That means that whoever has the rights to free trade with Taiwan determines who the next global superpower is . Right now , the war in the South China Sea , where thousands of military ships are being converged , is the Combat Theater where these rights will be tested .

While the Pacific War (not that we·re balls-deep into World War 3 here) features numerous convergent visible Operational Domains , there are also invisible domains as well . These include Submarines, Hack Attacks, Ionospheric Heaters, Weather Control, a Hurricane Gun, Wet Market Intimidation Tactics, Sea Labs, Underground Bunker Complexes, Virology Labs, Tooth-Drilling Black Sites, an alleged Lunar Base, A Race to Find the Lost Artifacts, and all the very very many things that can go wrong should yu manage to splice five or more internet cables leading to the same small island .

With so many things going on , there are a lot of hidden variables to account for .

Hook the passenger rail back up to Thunder Bay .
--Skaði

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