> Well, it's the USA fault that they're more unpredictable now. They reduced one of China's most important trade partners into "just a rebel island near you tha

> Well, it's the USA fault that they're more unpredictable now. They reduced one of China's most important trade partners into "just a rebel island near you that only trades with the western world". There's definitely still a significant economic relationship between China and Taiwan. For example, one of the biggest companies operating in China, Foxconn (which makes iPhones), is Taiwanese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) is a major supplier of chips for iPhones, so presumably these chips are being imported into China: https://bgr.com/tech/apple-orders-all-of-tsmcs-3nm-chip-supply-for-iphone-15-pro-m3-macs/ https://bgr.com/tech/apple-orders-all-of-tsmcs-3nm-chip-supp...