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> And of course, the Taiwanese really don’t like this idea. Reminds me of when Biden was standing next to the German chancellor and said he'd make sure Nord St
by snehk 3y ago
> And of course, the Taiwanese really don’t like this idea.
Reminds me of when Biden was standing next to the German chancellor and said he'd make sure Nord Stream would be stopped if Russia ever invaded Ukraine and then when Russia invaded Ukraine and Nord Stream was blown up, everyone just ignored it.
- peteradio 3y agoNo point in admitting to something that can only be used against you.
- calyth2018 3y agoDon't worry, there are plenty of doublethink practitioners who believes that Russia blew up Nord Stream, pipelines that supplies Russian gas to Germany that Russia already turned off the tap at the source. Look at the incentives and consequences of blowing up TSMC if China uses the military. China would not have access to the high end chips; Taiwan loses a bargaining chip of its own, and would suffer a huge economic cost (a lot of electricity is used up by TSMC alone); and US is the one who gets to point at the big bad PRC throwing weapons at ROC, and know that PRC gets a road block on the semiconductor front.
- Paradigma11 3y agoWe pretty much know that it was Ukraine but there are more important things going on so it is on the backburner till the crisis is over. The main impetus behind NS was not to create new additional supply lines but to become independent from the Ukraine pipelines. In the end this is a matter between Ukraine and Germany and nobody cares what Russia thinks.