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Holy shit, somehow I missed Trump trying to sell half of Intel to a Chinese company that doesn't want it. TSMC is a great company, but this sounds disharmoniou
by kragen 1y ago
Holy shit, somehow I missed Trump trying to sell half of Intel to a Chinese company that doesn't want it. TSMC is a great company, but this sounds disharmonious with Trump's jingoist and xenophobic rhetoric.
The deal hasn't actually closed, though, has it? The linked page says, "However, TSMC is unlikely to agree to this proposal."
- heod749 1y ago> somehow I missed Trump trying to sell half of Intel to a C̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶e̶ Taiwanese company that doesn't want it. fixed your typo
- nosianu 1y agoFor how long though? The end of an independent Taiwan can't be just dismissed as a possible outcome at this point, no?
- baobabKoodaa 1y agoYou must mean "Taiwan, territory of China" /s
- meindnoch 1y agoIs the US willing (and able?) to go to war for Taiwan?
- selkin 1y agoIt used to be, though the previous Trump administration xenophobia set it on a policy of reducing the support for Taiwan. Now their xenophobic tendencies against China are stronger.
- kragen 1y agoI certainly hope not; we have known for 80 years that a war between two nuclear powers would be a tragedy unprecedented in human history.