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TSMC is a Taiwanese company. The world can ensure the supply of its semiconductors by ensuring Taiwan has access to weapons and guarantees of military assistanc
by ptx 6y ago
TSMC is a Taiwanese company. The world can ensure the supply of its semiconductors by ensuring Taiwan has access to weapons and guarantees of military assistance in case the CCP's benevolence wavers.
- tuatoru 6y agoChina claims that Taiwan is a renegade province. When (not if) China acts on that, there will be trouble. China has strong infowar capability and is developing it quickly. Old-fashioned spy-vs-spy type warfare works, too, but is less visible.
- kelnos 6y agoIf China decides to take Taiwan by force, there is very little the rest of the world can do to stop them.
- bgorman 6y agoNazi Germany attempted to take tiny Malta from the Britsh for two years and failed. The Japanese held many untenable defensive positions in the Pacific for months. Unless China is willing to nuke Taiwan, (what would be the point?) a military offensive to take over Taiwan would be extremely unlikely to succeed within a few months - and assuming the US/Australia/UK/Japan/South Korea provide support - almost impossible. Doing any kind of amphibious landing offensive is incredibly costly and difficult. China's best hope would be that Joe Biden is under CCP control.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoNone of those other islands were even remotely close to the strategic value of Taiwan.
- AgentOrange1234 6y agoWill do? Sure. But can do? Sanctions, war, ...
- octoberfranklin 6y agoAnd, uh, based on the diplomatic recognition situation it's pretty clear that Teh World has considered your suggestion and very explicitly rejected it.