Significant?

I suspect its the last. No doubt the US Army will soon be buying tanks from Chinamart.

I think that the Chinese are more concerned about N. Korea, actually. Let's see... If the Chinese invaded N. Korea, would we care? We did fight that little old Korean War against them, but most everyone has forgotten about that one. Would the Chinese care if WE invaded N. Korea?

The two big dogs are figuring out what to do about the little yapper before resuming mutual hostilities. China has traditionally been xenophobic, and I see no special reason why they would have a sudden change of heart, except to snap up the latest in guns and ammo. N. Korea would be as good a pretext for this as any.

Glad to hear that we're finally selling Taiwan out to the commies, also.