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by brucethemoose2 1151 days ago
What blacksmith said. Reunification with Taiwan is part of Xi's mandate... and he is 69 years old: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-pledges-reunif...

But even if Taiwan isn't invaded, TSMC could still be compromised. For instance, they could suffer from a severe peacetime cyberattack, physical sabotage, a blockade of the island, or even get damaged in a failed invasion attempt or a brief exchange of fire. They are a high profile target.
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0xy 1151 days ago
Biden has let slip multiple times that the US will fully defend Taiwan interests in the region.

China can't just knock over Taiwan because Taiwan is essentially the US. They're trained, supplied and fully backed by a much larger nuclear power.

Chinese military cannot go up against the US, and Xi knows it would be sure destruction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning

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brucethemoose2 1151 days ago
I am not that gung ho/confident about U.S. protection, and I'm not even sure China is that aggressive, but it doesn't really matter because the liklihood of TSMC being damaged through subversive action is much higher. China very explicity wants to coerce Taiwan before "resorting" to invasion, and damaging their international trade is one step towards that goal.
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ihatepython 1151 days ago
> Chinese military cannot go up against the US, and Xi knows it would be sure destruction.

The US will lose, especially if China times it to coincide with the war with Russia, and North Korea invading the South.

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4gotunameagain 1151 days ago
The US would drag all of the rest of the civilised world to war with it, as they kinda did with the proxy war of Ukraine. The US+allies could probably take down China+allies. But if this happens, we are all, gloriously fucked.

I wish countries in macro level geopolitics did not behave like prepubescent boys trying to share the same toy

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another2another 1151 days ago
>The US would drag all of the rest of the civilised world to war with it, as they kinda did with the proxy war of Ukraine.

Many countries were more than willing to be involved and didn't need any dragging at all, e.g. the Baltics, Poland and the UK who are by now sick of all the poisonings on their territory the KGB has been blatantly carrying out over the years.

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4gotunameagain 1151 days ago
If NATO wasn't as expansive, Russia probably wouldn't have invaded. Just ask the average person if they want a proxy war between major nuclear powers, at a time where global systems are already stretched after a mishandled pandemic.

Ask the average Joe if they want WWIII, because imperialist powers can't keep their hands in their pockets.

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another2another 1151 days ago
>If NATO wasn't as expansive, Russia probably wouldn't have invaded.

Probably?! Probably...??

I don't think even the average propaganda punch drunk Igor on the street believes this tired old excuse for the invasion of Ukraine any more.

>Ask the average Joe if they want WWIII, because imperialist powers can't keep their hands in their pockets.

Actually, we should turn that around and ask the average Russian on the street, since it's their country being imperialist, and their mobics dying in a foreign land. Ask them why they voted for it.

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_kbh_ 1151 days ago
> If NATO wasn't as expansive, Russia probably wouldn't have invaded. J

The only thing keeping Russia in check in eastern Europe in anyway, shape or form is NATO.

NATO expansion stops Russian aggression not the other way around, but I know the forever belied Russia must always be a victim of some nefarious plot from the entire world.

The only way to stop Russias numerous wars in Eastern Europe and there dangerous escalation is to have them dealt a decisive defeat in Ukraine.

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