Second, the oil market would disagree that blockading a choke point is not effective. The threat of Iranian missiles has reduced the volume of oil on the market. It's a measurable reduction.

And no China does not have pin point accurate missiles. The missed hits on Diego base with Chinese missiles demonstrate that. The nice thing about Iran is they use Chinese tech, and Chinese contractors. It's a good trial run to asses Chinese offensive and defensive abilities. So far they have proven ineffective against western militaries.

Even Chinese deep bunker defense is proving ineffective. Iranian officials are now taking their chances sleeping in tents as the deep bunkers are death traps.

Blockades go both ways. China is energy dependant so very vulnerable to blockade response by the US and Japan. A few choke points make it easy, the ocean is not open ended.

cleans, press, squat, rows, farmers carry. It may not be the best tool for all things, but it gives you a bit of everything. Strength. Power/explosiveness with cleans. Endurance, heart pumps.

Merry nondenominational culturally neutral winter season everyone!

You could remove generics and speed up the compiler a ton. Then people will be asking if lack of generics was a language design mistake.