There's a parallel with with a big bully neighbor and a relatively small, relatively defenceless state. One very major issue for president shijinking of china is that if he were to attempt a military take of tiwan, he would have to succeed. And it's not just tiwan and china that presumably, others would be dragged in too. For decades, since the end of the second world war, the american military presence in asia has underpinned the regent's security.