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That is certainly one perspective. A likely perspective. A little more hopeful perspective is that people see that Xi is not fundamentally different than Putin

That is certainly one perspective. A likely perspective. A little more hopeful perspective is that people see that Xi is not fundamentally different than Putin and understand that money spent in China will eventually be used to attack Taiwan. It is pretty clear to me that it is not ethical to do business with despots however pragmatic it may be. Germany was clearly willing to sell Ukraine out to Putin, so you're probably right about the eventual consequences.

tooltalk 4y ago
You are going upset Tim Apple with comments like that. I don't see any similarity between Ukraine and Taiwan though. The US has been involved in the regime change in Ukraine at least since 2014 and actively funding/training the forces on the ground since. Taiwan has a lot of investment in China and their engineers are practically running China's chip industry now -- it's not clear to me how/what China would gain from a violent take over and an end of this symbotic relationship -- ie, there are so many downsides to this.
snapcaster 4y ago
I didn't see any comments in your profile saying money sent to the US will eventually be used to launch bombs at non-white people. What do you have against Chinese people? Just coming off as jealousy and cope. What do you really mean by "Xi is not fundamentally different from Putin"? You think both have same approach to politics? what sources informs your belief? Germany _should_ be willing to sell out some other country to maintain their own economy and security of their people. It's supposed to be a democracy, the voters are german. Any german government that doesn't prioritize them over Ukrainian or US interests is corrupt
- xadhominemx 4y ago
  China has continued to insist that it will violently annex and assimilate Taiwan, a liberal democracy and one of our closest allies. Why should the United States enable its high tech industries with core critical technologies?

tooltalk 4y ago

You are going upset Tim Apple with comments like that. I don't see any similarity between Ukraine and Taiwan though. The US has been involved in the regime change in Ukraine at least since 2014 and actively funding/training the forces on the ground since. Taiwan has a lot of investment in China and their engineers are practically running China's chip industry now -- it's not clear to me how/what China would gain from a violent take over and an end of this symbotic relationship -- ie, there are so many downsides to this.

snapcaster 4y ago

I didn't see any comments in your profile saying money sent to the US will eventually be used to launch bombs at non-white people. What do you have against Chinese people? Just coming off as jealousy and cope. What do you really mean by "Xi is not fundamentally different from Putin"? You think both have same approach to politics? what sources informs your belief? Germany _should_ be willing to sell out some other country to maintain their own economy and security of their people. It's supposed to be a democracy, the voters are german. Any german government that doesn't prioritize them over Ukrainian or US interests is corrupt

xadhominemx 4y ago
China has continued to insist that it will violently annex and assimilate Taiwan, a liberal democracy and one of our closest allies. Why should the United States enable its high tech industries with core critical technologies?