China strategy is very well known.
Control the market for steel, electric motors, solar panels, force technology transfer through joint ventures, then create new models at lower prices and kill off the rest of the world through export subsidies. And when that is completed, raise the price of exports and dominate.
After trains, china currently doing the same with cars. ( their planes still lag behind but not by much wrt c919)
And despite chinese virus export, the west have not stop consuming chinese products.
Taiwan belongs to orang asli as acknowledged by portuguese and dutch when they first landed snd colonised there.
Companies the build machines that make the best chips are european and they have bern barred by US from selling their machinese to china.
China top trading market is ASEAN as they buy lower quality cheaper products.
Mah-boobs-bani says to be a good asean leader you must know how to stand up to china and get along with china.
US will stand with asean as long as it in their best interest.