Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei and China

Post by chrischen » Thu, May 16, 2019, 10:53 PM UTC

linyu0219 wrote: post #112

chrischen wrote: post #66

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We don't really source much except cheap labor from China. On the surface it seems like the Chinese make the bulk of the profit off something like an iPhone but really they make very little. In fact China knows this, which is why they've been tariffing iPhones even if they are "exported" from China back to China. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-makes-8-46-from-an-iphone...

iphone在中国没有关税只有增值税

Why do they smuggle them across HK then? Why is the iPhone sales price in China higher? On Apple's website currently the Chinese iPhone Xs is about $200 USD more expensive. Is this just tax inclusive?

Post by jessaustin » Fri, May 17, 2019, 3:00 AM UTC

tatersolid wrote: post #106

jessaustin wrote: post #91

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I don't buy into all of this anti-sinitic paranoia, but if suspicion of China-produced semiconductors were reasonable, why wouldn't suspicion of Taiwan-produced semiconductors also be reasonable?

Because Taiwan is a democracy on our side, and they’re just as suspicious of the Chinese Communists as good old ‘Mercia?

I can't imagine why Taiwan would be suspicious of any of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, or indeed of any polity that hasn't existed in over a millennium.

If you have a good reason to suspect that state-level attackers could be in your supply chain, that reason doesn't go away just because the semiconductors were actually manufactured in Taiwan. Do we imagine that China's spooks don't have access to Taiwan fabs? Do we imagine that USA's spooks don't? If this is an actual threat to you, you need a lot more assurance than a "Made in Taiwan" label.

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