Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
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Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
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China will promote Taiwan independence... Independence from USA.
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*hits the ASML machine
"It would be a shame if something happened to this facility, seeeee"
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Why would the US protect Taiwan if Taiwan's chip productions were cut in half ?
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USA won't, especially not with science denying racist nazi conservatives leading the government.
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Because trump's capacity for planning does not extend to 2 contiguous sentences
His "plans" are the equivalent of "if I die in a car accident, my parents would kill me" logic
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I wouldn't trust the Americans if I were Taiwan. Scepticism about their reliability is reasonable. They guaranteed Ukraine's integrity in return for denuclearization; we have enough data to make educated guesses about their behaviour and level of courage.
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Scepticism about their reliability is reasonable.
Drastic understatement.
The US has fucked Ukraine royally on multiple fronts.
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I wouldn't trust the US either, although having economic leverage helps. But are you referring to the Budapest memorandum with
They guaranteed Ukraine's integrity in return for denuclearization
If yes I don't understand how this misunderstanding still has to be corrected. Read it for yourself here
At no point does it promise defense against foreign third-party attacks except in case nuclear weapons get involved. Every security assurance only covers the nation themselves. Something Russia has obviously broken (but there are no penalties stipulated), whereas the UK and USA have held up their part of the deal. Unless they have invaded Ukraine themselves without my knowledge.
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There was also talk of US concession of reasserting "one China policy" as part of trade deal. I think they are trying to get TSMC investment, probably with big fat "CHIPS act" level cash gifts, before throwing Taiwan under the bus. Fascist Taiwan President won't allow it, but neither would opposition.
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Trump is the kind of moron that confuses extortion for diplomacy.
The only option when facing extortion is to fight for your life.
He will get nothing from no one and have to pretend to like it.
What a fucking schmuck.
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Dicklomacy.
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Yeah we need bodies to replace the koreans in our new prison system.
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How big is Taiwan? The US should give Taiwan a section of California about that big to be the new Taiwan. Then empty the country out, burn everything and salt the fields and give the useless island to China.
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The reason TSMC is in Taiwan in the first place is their sand is particularly good for making silicon wafers. You can do it with almost any soil, but Taiwan is particularly well-suited to the task.
Burning everything to the ground and abandoning the island is tantamount to just giving China exactly what they want.
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The reason TSMC is in Taiwan in the first place is their sand is particularly good for making silicon wafers.
Are you sure this is the case? I've never heard of this before and was under the impression that raw materials were largely imported for the manufacturing processes. Is it possible you got mixed up with something else?
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Trump will not protect you no matter what you do.