"The 海禁 (Hǎijìn), or 'sea ban,' restricted overseas trade and ocean-going shipbuilding, routing foreign contact through tribute missions. First imposed by the Ming founder, it tightened after the treasure fleets ended, turning China inward toward isolation and maritime decay."
sabotaging the AI industry when it's the leading thing you got keeping the US our of physical recession, will be the equivalent of the Ming Dynasty destroying its own treasure fleet, for the American Empire, along with the rest of its own dismantling of its international order. oops



