China has just launched enormous military exercises codenamed "Joint Sword-2024A" which are designed to simulate what a war against Taiwan would look like.  Chinese fighter jets are conducting mock airstrikes against "high-value military targets", and Chinese warships are practicing for a future economic blockade.  Most Americans don't seem to realize this, but once China goes to war with Taiwan, we will instantly be in a state of war with China.  The flow of consumer products from China will completely stop, we will no longer have access to the advanced computer chips from Taiwan that we are so dependent upon, and the economy will crash.  All of our lives will be turned completely upside down the moment that war with China begins, and that day may be a lot closer than most people think.

On Thursday, the Chinese "encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft" as Joint Sword-2024A kicked off…

China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of "independence forces" on the self-ruled island would flow.

The two days of drills are part of an escalating campaign of intimidation by China that has seen it carry out a series of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan in recent years.