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Russia has a fraction of the industrial capacity of China. Russia and Ukraine share several borders with multiple NATO countries, and Ukraine had integrated rai
by rjzzleep 2y ago
Russia has a fraction of the industrial capacity of China. Russia and Ukraine share several borders with multiple NATO countries, and Ukraine had integrated rail networks. Nevertheless Russia took 4 times the size of Taiwan and is taking more day by day.
Anyone that understands basic logistics and can read a map knows that this is not winnable. Not only that, but the undersecretary of state is the guy that advocated bombing TSMC. The US took a lot from Taiwan over the last 8 years and not even once did they even consider offering a free trade agreement in return. They made the Taiwan delegation visit a Zoo during the inauguration.
Singapore is allied with the west as well, but is taking a more neutral stance and a result have prospered many times over, while Taiwan has gone into total economic stagnation for decades. Where is all this moral posturing coming from? Let's look at reality and facts instead of reddit fantasies.
- echoangle 2y agoAre you talking about a different Taiwan? In what world is the economy of Taiwan stagnating for decades? Look at the growth in GDP and GDP per capita here and tell me that’s stagnation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan
- diamondfist25 2y agoTaiwanese here Taiwan Econ has stagnated for decades. Hence the top low birth rate in the world Avg salary of tw is 1.5k usd. The same as 20-30 yrs ago
- echoangle 2y agoJust not true. Average monthly wage: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-monthly-wage/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-mo... 2000 - 42k NTD 2023 - 58k NTD Converted to USD: https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/USD-to-TWD-2000 https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/histo... https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/USD-to-TWD-2023 https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/histo... 2000 - 1270 USD 2023 - 1870 USD
- high_na_euv 2y agoOnly 50% increase? Thats very bad
- echoangle 2y agoWell now were shifting the goalpost. That's not stagnation.
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