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You can't wave the magic wand of national security and justify any inefficient or ineffective attempt at stealing from the future to goose the present. The sho

You can't wave the magic wand of national security and justify any inefficient or ineffective attempt at stealing from the future to goose the present. The short term goal should be to diversify critical US supply chains away from a country that is currently considered by the US to be an competitor. I'm sure you remember that US official policy since the 70s is the "One China Policy" which admits that Taiwan is a part of China and that only attempts to reunify by force will be responded to(*). So the US needs to move supply chains out of PRC/ROC, but moving them to S. Korea, Japan, or dozens of other friendly nations is an acceptable goal from a national security standpoint. * - I'm not a fan of this, but it is what it is. I didn't realize it until recently.

LAC-Tech 4y ago
One of the most pernicious myths about this situation out there is that there is a single "One China Policy" shared by everyone on earth. This is not the case. The One China Policy of the US is different to that of the PRC. And I quote: - The United States did not explicitly state the sovereign status of Taiwan in the three US-PRC Joint Communiques of 1972, 1979, and 1982. - The United States "acknowledged" the "One China" position of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. - U.S. policy has not recognized the PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan; - U.S. policy has not recognized Taiwan as a sovereign country; and - U.S. policy has considered Taiwan's status as unsettled. Next time you read a news story about this issue, take note of the fact that PRC officials use the term "the One China policy" while US officials use the term "our 'One China' policy".
- 01100011 4y ago
  Correct. I was still surprised to see how far the US OCP goes towards appeasing the PRC though. In spirit, it seems well out of line with how Taiwan policy is proceeding these days. As far as I understand it, there is no outcome where the US will recognize a permanently independent Taiwan. That's unfortunate.

LAC-Tech 4y ago

One of the most pernicious myths about this situation out there is that there is a single "One China Policy" shared by everyone on earth. This is not the case. The One China Policy of the US is different to that of the PRC. And I quote: - The United States did not explicitly state the sovereign status of Taiwan in the three US-PRC Joint Communiques of 1972, 1979, and 1982. - The United States "acknowledged" the "One China" position of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. - U.S. policy has not recognized the PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan; - U.S. policy has not recognized Taiwan as a sovereign country; and - U.S. policy has considered Taiwan's status as unsettled. Next time you read a news story about this issue, take note of the fact that PRC officials use the term "the One China policy" while US officials use the term "our 'One China' policy".

01100011 4y ago
Correct. I was still surprised to see how far the US OCP goes towards appeasing the PRC though. In spirit, it seems well out of line with how Taiwan policy is proceeding these days. As far as I understand it, there is no outcome where the US will recognize a permanently independent Taiwan. That's unfortunate.