China’s naval buildup is overshadowing the US as Chinese leader Xi Jinping pushes the military toward big modernization and combat readiness goals.
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The US have put protectionist walls around domestic shipbuilding so of course now it is slow, very inflexible and horrendously expensive. The car industry is next.