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>The US has made it clear that it sees semiconductors as a vector to attack power centres in Asia. Today it is China. Democracies are notoriously fickle, tomorr

>The US has made it clear that it sees semiconductors as a vector to attack power centres in Asia. Today it is China. Democracies are notoriously fickle, tomorrow it could be India, Japan, Korea or anyone really. Sorry but this sounds more like propaganda. China also sees supply chains "as a vector to attack power centres in Asia", that's applicable to anyone and anywhere. I'm not sure why Asia is a singled out here, sounds like one to trying to construe a racist motive when there is none. The aformentioned India, Japan & Korea aren't worried about USA, their primary concerns are China and their neighbours. China's explicit objective to control the entire supply chain places them at a direct conflict of interest with those countries. They've already tried sanctioning Korea and Japan over petty issues like Fukushima water waste. Trying to appeal to some vague "Asian" solidarity as opposed to the existing OECD and actual shared norms sounds more like an attempt to divide allies rather than actually caring about those countries' interests.

lmz 2y ago
> They've already tried sanctioning Korea and Japan over petty issues like Fukushima water waste. Well China wasn't the only one with concerns, but probably the only one with the balls to sanction: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fukushima.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fu... - and why shouldn't they?
- ethbr1 2y ago
  Because it's filtered radioactive water, released over 30 years? The main thing that won't be filtered is tritium, which already exists in the ocean, and has an ~12 year half life. People get irrational where radiation is concerned, though.
- mlyle 2y ago
  The radiation can't be detected even a couple of kilometers away from the discharge. China is >1000km away, so there's 6+ orders of magnitude more dilution by then. If I pee in the lake you're swimming in, that's kind of gross... but it ends up being an incomprehensibly tiny fraction of the contaminants and gross stuff you're swimming in.
roenxi 2y ago
> I'm not sure why Asia is a singled out here, sounds like one to trying to construe a racist motive when there is none. How long has Asia been a race? The continent contains 60% of all humans.

lmz 2y ago

> They've already tried sanctioning Korea and Japan over petty issues like Fukushima water waste. Well China wasn't the only one with concerns, but probably the only one with the balls to sanction: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fukushima.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fu... - and why shouldn't they?

ethbr1 2y ago
Because it's filtered radioactive water, released over 30 years? The main thing that won't be filtered is tritium, which already exists in the ocean, and has an ~12 year half life. People get irrational where radiation is concerned, though.
mlyle 2y ago
The radiation can't be detected even a couple of kilometers away from the discharge. China is >1000km away, so there's 6+ orders of magnitude more dilution by then. If I pee in the lake you're swimming in, that's kind of gross... but it ends up being an incomprehensibly tiny fraction of the contaminants and gross stuff you're swimming in.

roenxi 2y ago

> I'm not sure why Asia is a singled out here, sounds like one to trying to construe a racist motive when there is none. How long has Asia been a race? The continent contains 60% of all humans.