[pasbesoin]

This is not based upon any particular knowledge or expertise, but upon many years of casual observation, general news reporting, and anecdote from friends and whomever: Given their position as well as long-standing ties both politically and militarily as well as economically, I have to -- in my own mind -- seriously question the independence of anything of real interest to the U.S., that's happening in Taiwan.

I don't mean that the Taiwanese aren't their own people with their own interests; nonetheless, I would expect to find their various systems rather thoroughly and effectively infiltrated.

Again, I don't have any real knowledge in this regard. I'd welcome more knowledgeable comments in response to mine.