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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn > Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Foxconn Technology Group, is
by eric-hu 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
> Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Foxconn Technology Group, is a multinational electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan.
This comment isn't too far from mistaking South Korea for North Korea.
- Hydraulix989 9y agoThat might not be so analogous. Does South Korea actually operate any businesses in North Korea? (Aside: I'm currently a legal resident of the Republic of Korea.)
- eric-hu 9y agoHyundai did until South Korea shut down the joint economic zone in North Korea to protest a rocket launch in 2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region It's not a perfect analogy because China already has nukes. If they didn't, it's plausible Taiwan would do the same in the face of Chinese saber rattling.
- swyx 9y agoHaha, trust me, I'm Chinese, I know the difference. I was making a convenient generalization. By the same measure Broadcom was Singaporean but Trump didn't care.