If you look at the end of the last Cold War, Cold War too. Sadly, we were into the second one. But look at how world trade just takes off. It was the miracle of your lifetimes. It lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.

And also for China, with its geographical setup as it is, uh, the seas are going to be open to it only in peacetime. In wartime, this has nothing to do with anyone doing anything to them, it's just facts. It is surrounded by loads of neighbors, shallow seas, lots of islands, that are completely blocked.