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you'd think "WMDs!!" was enough of a lesson, but I guess not. When China does not start a senseless war over Taiwan in the next few years, I hope at least some of us will do some introspection about all the current hysterics.
I agree the WMD situation was a low point in morality and humanity. But this situation has a massively different dynamic.
You realize that USA is already economically dependent on China, right? No one can easily replace half a trillion per year in exported goods. Taiwan being an autonomous province of PRC would not significantly change the current economic relationship between USA and China. In fact, it would probably improve it by resolving unnecessary tension.
China and USA are diverging with or without war. The question is will Taiwan's capacity be claimed by China, or will it be massively downgraded.
No surprise most held a western view. Would be interesting to see POV(point of view) from people live in Taiwan. I have some contacts in Taiwan and most are not worry. This dance between Taiwan/China have been going on longer than most people is alive on HN. Goes without saying that bad news sell.
You're making massive assumptions about my background. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu literally said yesterday his country is preparing for war. I think he'd know.
They will be sold by a company incorporated in the PRC. The Chinese wouldn’t be crazy to bomb fabs
They will be sold by a company incorporated in the PRC. The Chinese wouldn’t be crazy to bomb fabs
Let me rephrase this: If China takes over Taiwan, how soon can USA build a united force with Japan, Australia, South Korea, probably British, India etc to take it back, like what occurred in Kuwart? This might set all of us back 2 decades but other options will be worse?
China has nukes. So do the United States, Britain, and India. None of the leaders of the listed nations want to die in a nuclear holocaust. So no, your "united force" will never happen.
The new thing might be lots of drones with bombs though.