India and South Asia represent a crucially important story geopolitically but are not yet on the level of the China story because they lack the ports and naval capacity that China has—China has 200,000 merchant ships.

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Chinese have 200,000 Merchant ships 200,000 Merchant ships right now right

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Historian Stephen Kotkin: On USA vs China power competition, American advantages, and more (1/3)Asia Observer + Insights
Created: 8/10/2026, 1:21:27 PM

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