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by _t9ow 2y ago
> extort investments for protection, then reneg the help unilaterally on a whim I would be surprised if he doesn't do this, judging by his long track record of not paying his contractors and business partners after receiving their
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> Taipei needs nukes This essay explains very lucidly why it's not as straightforward as you think: https://taipology.substack.com/p/no-nukes-are-not-going-to-s...
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> After 3 years With the current administration, perhaps 3 days?
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Just to be 100% clear: I think the issue of Taiwanese independence should be fully determined by Taiwanese voters in a free and fair referendum without foreign interference -- not from the US, not from China, and not from anyone else. My pr
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Exactly. Some comments here seem to imply that it's somehow good (or at least not bad ) for Taiwan's national security to transfer technology to the US because Taiwan can now more credibly threaten to destroy their fabs, comple
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Taiwan today has exactly the same territorial claims as China does -- in fact, Taiwan's are more expansive, since they use the eleven-dash line instead of the nine-dash line. The difference is that Taiwan has little to no ability to pr
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> military tech is a strategic advantage For the Taiwanese, their semiconductor prowess is a strategic advantage for them. It's even informally known as the Silicon Shield. Taiwan's hope/expectation that US reciprocates
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Nukes are not going to save Taiwan(taipology.substack.com)
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> they can more credibly threaten to destroy the Taiwanese fabs if China invades China's interest in Taiwan is ideological. It is not at all determined by whether the Taiwanese destroy their own fabs in the event of an invasion.
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Taiwan is still not allowed to buy F35 fighters. And the weapons they are allowed to buy from the US are delivered late and of poor quality: Taiwan Is Getting Its U.S. Weaponry—but Years Behind Schedule: https://www.wsj.com&#x2
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> concerns regarding our mutual defense treaty with the US I'm curious: Is there now widespread concern, or is this mainly a partisan issue among Filipino politicians? Are there any Filipino media reports discussing this issue that
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Isn't Singapore's interest primarily in small modular reactors for their power grid? https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-prime-minister-s... We're talking about civilian technologies here, not nu
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> TSMC give us all trade secrets or we don’t defend Taiwan Trump has already threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Taiwan if TSMC refuses to transfer technology to the US (thus effectively undermining Taiwan's own Silicon Shield defe
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> TSMC wants to buy Intel's fab why, exactly? Probably due to US coercion: https://techsoda.substack.com/p/tsmc-faces-tough-choices-ami... The US wants Taiwan to transfer even more technology to the US (thus ac
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by _t9ow 2y ago
When Russia invaded, Trump wasn't the President quickly dragging the US into the realm of irrelevance, and back then it seemed very unlikely (even unimaginable) that Trump would be President again. But everyone had too much faith in th
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> I believe you have misread the post Very likely. I interpreted your comment(s) to say that "The CCP said that they wanted to invade Taiwan by 2027", but my interpretation is seemingly wrong, and I ended up trying to address w
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Find me a credible source then. I happen to be able to read and write Chinese as well, so don't limit yourself to English-language sources. I'm happy to be proven wrong. Everything I've found says that US intelligence think
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> Now would be a great time for China to start an invasion I'm not doubting at all that China has imperialistic designs on Taiwan and the South China Sea. But why would China invade, when its leaders can clearly see that Russia,
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> They voted for this, they got it "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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> China themselves have said 2027-ish. According to the CIA, which has never, ever fabricated anything in the entire history of its existence to justify starting or escalating wars.
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> Europe has its disgraces as well The "whataboutism" game doesn't work here, because none of the pro-Ukraine Western countries is currently even remotely as chaotic, clownish, cruel, capricious, and conspicuously corrupt
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Don't forget the 44 billion USD he paid to control one of the world's largest vehicles for dissemination of information, transforming it into a superspreader of disinformation and propaganda.
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> Americans aren’t going to die en masse over some random island in the pacific OP is saying that Taiwan is "some small random island" from the point of view of most Americans , its merits notwithstanding. And given everything
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I come from an Asian country; I'm no stranger to how the rest of the world (outside of Europe and Canada) has always perceived the US. If you're European or Canadian, welcome to the club.
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> Half the workers in the factory are brought in from Taiwan. Thus depriving Taiwan of its much-needed intellectual and human capital to sustain its Silicon Shield defence strategy. I frequently browse social media sites that are popular
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> Trump's buddies convince him of a full Nvidia ban in China. Or Jensen Huang manages to bribe Trump to remove the export ban. We'll see.
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I suggest that you read this comment, which explains why your quote is misleading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43159362
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Here's a statement by NVIDIA: "The revenue associated with Singapore does not indicate diversion to China," a statement by Nvidia reads. "Our public filings report 'bill to' not 'ship to' locations of
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> despite a moratorium on data centers Singapore placed a moratorium on new data center construction from 2019 to early 2022. It was not a "15-year moratorium" as Patel claimed, so he was pulling numbers out of his behind. Sinc
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> Scandinavia and western Europe is stagnant, regulated to death and slumbering Do you mind sharing why you think so? Thank you.

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