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The Upside to Uncertainty on Taiwan
- keepamovin 2y agohttps://archive.is/Hf0lI https://archive.is/Hf0lI
- keepamovin 2y agoThe threat that leaves something to chance - nice phrase! :) Reading this it’s my reflection that the sense of possibly false urgency is a Sinosphere gambit to pressure the United States at a time when China feels increasingly confident (and desperate) to prosecute its interests. My advice: avoid the trap, don’t play into the hands of Taiwan or China on this issue. A US “decision” would definitely be exploited by the Chinese and Taiwanese for their own ends. The issue is “ostensibly” all about Taiwan and China? So, let it be: don’t get sucked in. Consider the scenario where China becomes the world’s number 1 superpower: Taiwan is not going to lose sleep over distance to the West and would certainly benefit by China’s achievement. That is the ultimate goal here: the West should avoid getting sucked in or allowing itself to be manipulated by having its own values and ideals used against it to enmesh in a conflict that is not in its interest. The Taiwanese and Chinese “hate each other”? Okay, so let them figure it out. Nothing to do with us. West should avoid “by slow degrees” getting drawn in. We can make our own chips, and eat the difference in the short term. A primary strategic concern is too much leverage is flowing toward the China/Taiwan nexus. West should step away to avoid having its weakened position used against it, as is surely the ultimate Sinosphere intention, in its quest for revitalization of the Chinese nation, and the requirement of global power and influence that entails.