Thoughts?

Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    I hope the EU and nations in the Asian sphere decide to have a military alliance. Taiwan is pretty dang valuable, and also shouldn’t be bullied for the sake of some strongman’s wet dream.

    • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      So it’s all about TSMC, the west doesn’t give a shit about the people or the land.

      Well, China only cares about the land. You can take TSMC from Taiwan.

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        18 hours ago

        That is dumb. TSMC is comprised of the world’s foremost experts in chip technology. They are people, and probably would like to stay in their homeland. Furthermore, it takes at least a decade to build the infrastructure to create microchips, which requires extremely stable geology. A power outage or an earthquake can cause lithography machines to miss their target, ruining months of work.

        TSMC is intrinsically tied to the land and people.

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          10 hours ago

          That wasn’t my point.

          The west only cares about TSMC and not the island or the common people of Taiwan. If Taiwan didn’t have TSMC, the west wouldn’t give two shits about the island.

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            5 hours ago

            And China only cares about Taiwan for the land and the image it projects of “reunifying China”. They don’t care about the people in Taiwan since a vast majority don’t want to be invaded by China.

            Look at how well the Hong Kong “reunification” went.

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              5 hours ago

              Correct. If the people of Taiwan don’t want to be part of China, they’re free to leave, just like everyone else in China.

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                5 hours ago

                Ok tankie. Let me take over your house and if you don’t like me, you can leave.

                What a clown.