"...a single Chinese state-owned shipbuilder produced a larger tonnage of commercial vessels in 2024 than America has built since the second world war."
Of course, due to the 1920 US "Job's Act" (the irony) there wasn't much ship building left.
btw, here's an article about it in Jan<p><a href="https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/01/china-suddenly-building-fleet-of-special-barges-suitable-for-taiwan-landings/" rel="nofollow">https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/01/china-suddenly-...</a><p>Surely the D-day is coming