Gaidax is right in the sense that action should be harsh and decisive. But we all are hypocrates and that is political suicide cause the average Joe really would like to keep buying cheap shit, so...
As for "Made in China" - it won't last forever, I hope everyone here understands that, right? It is getting more and more expensive, as living standarts are rising driving the manufacturing prices up. Question is, by the time it get's replaced with made in India/Thailand/some African country/etc., how powerful will China have become?
Exactly. And the ongoing carrier force building is much more likely targetted against Taiwan, not States. Floating airfields closer to land helps with invasions after all.
Maybe not the best one, but there is an example - Russia's power games culminating with events of 2014 have basically led to NATO increasing military budgets and starting massive rearmament programs, which I doubt is something Moscow wanted to happen, instead of betting that Europe would always just do nothing. Something similar may happen with China, some event (invasion of Taiwan...) triggering much harsher response. EU is far away but there are players in the region not happy with China. I can totally envision India-USA led coalition. Vietnam, Phillipines (Duterte won't rule forever), possibly others as well. Then add the SK and Japan. There are possibilities.
Eh... debatable. Especially about India. I have a feeling I will be dead by the time they will catch up, way too many internal issues and general backwardness. As for Europe - IIRC the support within EU for it is still all time high, unless I am mistaken, especially as generations are being replaced.