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If we pay China and Taiwan to manufacture all of our stuff they probably don't even need to buy it from us as they can easily just copy it.
It's absolutely bizarre that you grouped Taiwan and China together in this sentiment.
Taiwan being a silicon powerhouse is literally part of a deliberate strategy by western nations, especially the US, to combat Chinese manufacturing. They were supplied with science and technology. They have the license agreements. They're one of the cadre of nations that are currently waving protectionist flags against the "threat" of Chinese manufacturing.
It'd be like putting the Dutch in the list. Except even weirder, because there is not any semblance of abnormal diplomacy/hostility between Amsterdam and Beijing.
So you don't believe that Communist China could possibly get away with espionage against ethinic and cultural Chinese Taiwan?
Interesting.
You also don't appear to consider the clear intention of Communist China's plans to annex Taiwan.
Also interesting. Do you know the history behind the creation of Taiwan? If there was a "clear plan", I would say it was ill conceived.
Yes, the creation of Taiwan... in 1624. Or, if you want to talk about the China's history of Taiwan, then it's 1945.
In either case, way too fucking far back to have any sort of diplomatic weight in a conversation, except as an excuse for racism.
Where does the racism enter the picture? This is about the civil war in China, in which the non-communists were driven out to Taiwan in 1949.
The Communists took the mainland and intend to finally destroy their enemies.kind of the way north Korea wants to take over south Korea.