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> Taiwan is a great ally. Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. If anybody had an opti

> Taiwan is a great ally. Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. If anybody had an option to strangle them economically, it would've been Taiwanese themselves. China is world's biggest semiconductor market. If the tap will close on their semiconductor imports, so would've their economy at large. Now, it's them, and not US who has to regret their prior indecisiveness the most. Now of course attitudes have changed in Taipei, but only now. I bet, in the next 5-10 years, Japan, and Korea will have their own time regretting being soft with Beijing just like that.

dragontamer 6y ago
> Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. And US companies moved production to China. Apple, TSLA, etc. etc. Yeah, we're in peacetime. These things happen. We're not planning to go to war with China, but we need to be realistic about potential threats in the future. There's something to be said about the ability for trade to reduce tensions. I don't think trade with China is necessarily bad.
nl 6y ago
> Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. > If anybody had an option to strangle them economically, it would've been Taiwanese themselves > China is world's biggest semiconductor market. If the tap will close on their semiconductor imports, so would've their economy at large. Why would anyone (least of all Taiwan) want this? Trade isn't a zero-sum game, and both parties benefit from it. Trade wars are very unpredictable, as the way the US lost the Trump-era trade war with China shows. It's true that some in the US see China as a rival that must be "strangled". Views outside the US are much more nuanced - China isn't going to disappear and is way too big to just strangle. There are major issues dealing with China, though.
- free_rms 6y ago
  US politics have had a "big bad" for 80 straight years now, it's basically a reflex.
MangoCoffee 6y ago
>Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. US sell chip to China as well until the Huawei ban. TSMC stop making chip for Huawei when the US hammer came down. how can you tell Taiwan to stop selling when your own companies is selling to China? how's that fair?

dragontamer 6y ago

> Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. And US companies moved production to China. Apple, TSLA, etc. etc. Yeah, we're in peacetime. These things happen. We're not planning to go to war with China, but we need to be realistic about potential threats in the future. There's something to be said about the ability for trade to reduce tensions. I don't think trade with China is necessarily bad.

nl 6y ago

> Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. > If anybody had an option to strangle them economically, it would've been Taiwanese themselves > China is world's biggest semiconductor market. If the tap will close on their semiconductor imports, so would've their economy at large. Why would anyone (least of all Taiwan) want this? Trade isn't a zero-sum game, and both parties benefit from it. Trade wars are very unpredictable, as the way the US lost the Trump-era trade war with China shows. It's true that some in the US see China as a rival that must be "strangled". Views outside the US are much more nuanced - China isn't going to disappear and is way too big to just strangle. There are major issues dealing with China, though.

free_rms 6y ago
US politics have had a "big bad" for 80 straight years now, it's basically a reflex.

MangoCoffee 6y ago

>Should I remind of the fact that Taiwan was very glad to sell any amount of semiconductors to mainland China. US sell chip to China as well until the Huawei ban. TSMC stop making chip for Huawei when the US hammer came down. how can you tell Taiwan to stop selling when your own companies is selling to China? how's that fair?