Person could get whiplash watching moderate Democrats jump from one position to another these days:

John McCormack

@McCormackJohn

Recapping Biden's positions on the Hyde amendment:

1976-May 8, 2019: Supports

May 8, 2019-June 4, 2019: Opposes

June 5, 2019-8:00pm on June 6, 2019: Supports

8:00pm on June 6, 2019-present: Opposes

Watching documentary called "Planet Ocean" (2012) on Starz

It was discussing the impact of humanity on oceans, and turned to China's impact in particular. Have made a list of facts provided in the documentary (I haven't double-checked any, getting sleepy)

1. All the sea routes converge on Asia

2. Of the top 50 ports in the world, 11 are in China

3. The largest port in China is Shanghai

4. Shanghai is at one end of a 34-kilometer bridge, on an island in the open sea

5. The island was raised to build a freshwater port, which is the biggest port in the world

6. Shanghai handles 30 million containers every year

7. There are 600 million containers circulating on the ocean

8. The world's fleet of container ships has tripled in under 10 years (this was as of 2012)

9. Direct quote: "The ocean made globalization possible."

10. 3,000 cargo ships are under construction in the shipyards of Korea, China and Japan, which provide 90% of the world's production

11. Shipping expansion is a direct outcome of the fact that the world's factories moved there

12. Over 500 million tons of raw materials arrive in Shanghai annually by sea: crude steel, coal, wood, copper

13. "The life of seven billion people is connected to this part of the world"

14. 23 million people live in the Shanghai megalopolis

"Watch the water"

I wasn't aware of the port of Shanghai's profound worldwide effect.

My knowledge of int'l trade and finance is almost nil.

But I think Q was trying to tell us that they're trying to tip the scales away from Asia, to correct the imbalance

Admitting my ignorance, but this seems like a colossal task.

The very idea of shifting a massive portion of the world economy away from such dominant position is something I can't wrap my head around.

All the trade talks, and the negative attention that's getting pointed at China is remarkable when I look at it with this set of information in mind.

This is PhD-level economics, and I'm definitely not on that playing field to explain, so all I can do is share a gut feel.

Q team has been shifting the world economy out of the hands of China.

Partial sauce: https://www.porttechnology.org/news/worlds_largest_port_breaks_container_record