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Which they are more then free to deploy.... at a cost.
Sadly any country is going to have to weigh the cost of war, the cost of losing that war, the cost of losing personnel/equipment in that war, and the cost of basically ruining the physical assets they are trying to collect due to sabotage, collateral damage, misfires, and "misappropriation."
Sadly by the time they are done, the market value of those assets would be purely theoretical at best, if any value at all.
So it doesn't make sense for a country like China to invade the greater portion of Africa. But they might try sting operations, or devaluing of African assets within their own market to put pressure.
The risks being that the "belt and road" initiative might fall through too whatever the choice.
China don't need to deploy their army. They can simply threaten to cease all trades. No countries can afford to stop trading with China since practically everything are manufactured there. Even Taiwan, China's mortal enemy, still trades with China.
You make a good point. Everyone likes to think they can just switch production to India or Vietnam but they have no idea how large the manufacturing industry is there. No other country could replace it or match their speed. All those quality items you like have components or are entirely made in China.
No, so they just appropriate the places they cared about with their investments from the start, such as rare earth mines.
You can fight and win wars without ever setting foot in another country.