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Why is Taiwan specifically a threat? They're a long-term ally and their voters recently gave a new mandate to anti-China leaders in an election. If the US is wo
by kevingadd 7y ago
Why is Taiwan specifically a threat? They're a long-term ally and their voters recently gave a new mandate to anti-China leaders in an election. If the US is worried about threats from Chinese electronics companies like Huawei it doesn't make any sense to alienate Taiwan.
- Apocryphon 7y agoChinese espionage in Taiwan, perhaps.
- microcolonel 7y agoThen again, maybe that's a good thing; certainly would encourage greater counterintelligence cooperation in Taiwan.
- nwallin 7y agoTaiwan isn't the threat. China annexing (or otherwise disrupting) Taiwan is.
- mthoms 7y agoIn addition to the other points, it seems like it would be much easier for the Chinese to infiltrate Taiwanese industry with spies/saboteurs since they share cultures. Blackmail of key individuals is probably easier too since Taiwanese are more likely to have family members on the mainland and/or Hong Kong.
- bluGill 7y agoNot so much specifically as in politics alliances change fast so you have to consider even your friends as a potential threat. After WWII it took only a few years for Japan to go to friend - there was no way to predict that (as opposed to isolationists who want nothing to do with us)