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Apple did the right thing, why cave to China's political agenda.
by suyash 8y ago
Apple did the right thing, why cave to China's political agenda.
- jdavis703 8y agoIt wouldn't call it "propaganda." Countries routinely have territorial disputes. I get China is viewed as a competitor to American interests, but the situation in Taiwan is historically complex. It would be like if Texas or California unilaterally seceded from the U.S., various countries would recognize or not recognize their legitimacy as an independent nation.
- 07d046 8y agoIt's more like if there was a communist revolution in the US followed by a civil war, with the anti-communists ending up holding Texas or California and establishing their own government there. The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan, and Taiwan hasn't officially seceded.
- dis-sys 8y agoyour analogy is missing the most politically critical part - the 1943 Cairo Declaration explicitly stated that Taiwan belongs to China and it should be "restored" to China. it is a part of the post-WWII world order.
- rangibaby 8y agoIt would be like if the US had a civil war and one side retreated to Cuba
- erikpukinskis 8y agoWouldn't it be like if the U.S. first annexed Cuba, and then had a civil war where one side retreated to it?
- inawarminister 8y agoIndeed. Only a few have any thoughts about the native Taiwanese, both Aboriginal and Han.
- rangibaby 8y agoAnother country’s colony. Spain in Cuba’s case, Japan in Taiwan’s
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- ASalazarMX 8y agoThey should do the same with Palestine so they piss off the other side as well.
- anothergoogler 8y agoWould the opportunity come up? Palestine's GDP is $12B, Taiwan's is $1.1T.
- justicezyx 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan Taipei skyline.jpg Taipei skyline. Currency New Taiwan dollar (NT$) NT$29.2 per US$ (Apr 2018) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations WTO, APEC, ICC and others (as Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) Statistics GDP Nominal: $571.5 billion
- anothergoogler 8y agoThat is the nominal GDP, Palestine's nominal GDP is $4B.
- dis-sys 8y agoTaiwan's GDP counts for around 4% of the Chinese GDP, to give you more context, Chinese GDP growth slowed down to 6.8% pa, that is still creating 1.5 times of the entire GDP in Taiwan every 12 months. using your logic here, please don't argue further more, otherwise you'd be arguing with yourself - who care about the tiny island called taiwan.
- anothergoogler 8y agoWhat I was saying is that it's far more likely in general Apple would be dealing with Taiwan, the world's 22nd largest economy, than Palestine, the 129th. That and the large microelectronics industry in Taiwan.