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The threat is higher for the West because the PRC would take control of all that, or all that capacity would be destroyed. That's what Taiwan wants. On the oth
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
The threat is higher for the West because the PRC would take control of all that, or all that capacity would be destroyed. That's what Taiwan wants.
On the other hand, the PRC needs to build their own semi industry, which they are doing, and which American sanctions are pushing them to do, up to the point where the potential cost of losing Taiwanese supplies is 'acceptable'.
Ultimately the aim of re-unifying the whole of China is a deep national and political undertaking, not an economic or financial one, so a level of economic/financial cost would be accepted.
- thrown_22 4y ago>Ultimately the aim of re-unifying the whole of China is a deep national and political undertaking, not an economic or financial one, so a level of economic/financial cost would be accepted. Westerners are incredibly selectively blind when it comes to nationalism. They pretend no one believes in it any more then every 20 years or so they blow up the world with it. Last time was 9/11, before that was German unification. I can't fathom the self delusion this takes.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoWesterners blew up the world with nationalism during...German unification? In 1989? Or are you making a cryptic reference to 1871... I know this is someones "I'm too scared to be edgy on my main account" account, but still, make it clear what you are referring to!