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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?

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't really see how this is any different than 50 or 20 years ago, they're just stating their geopolitical stance.

More to the point, as others have mentioned, it would be exceedingly difficult to invade Taiwan and capture their fabs intact.

Actually it wouldn't even matter if they captured them intact because the US could just eliminate the supply line, making it unideal for production to continue for several years.

And unlike Ukraine, the US actually has a lot of interest and dependency on Taiwan, meaning they would get militarily invovled immediately.

China's only benefit would be the elimination of the world's primary chip manufacturing, and unrestricted access to the Pacific ocean.

I only see them doing it after they've achieved complete independence from Taiwan's fabs in their own supply chain.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months ago

The USA accepted One China since Jimmy Carter.

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[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is an expression in science that needs to be used more in polysci 'all models are wrong" The right wing vs left wing political spectrum is a model of political ideologies and a very simplistic one at that. It is also used interchangeably for fundamentally different political tenants. Large government-small government, authoritarian - libertarian, capitalist - socialist. Models are only as good as their ability to predict reality and they are always wrong, they are just simplified models of reality. The moment you are confused saying "but if this country is X-wing, why are they Y" You are either misunderstanding the model, misapplying the model, or are misunderstanding the actual value of a model.

[-] homura1650@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The full expression is "all models are wrong, but some are useful"

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

The expression is often expanded to that, it is not an incomplete expression without though.

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I thought China followed lunar calendar??? 🤔

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months 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.

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[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Xi Jinping is an evil scumbag whose goal is to destabilize the world. China needs and deserves Taiwan just as little as Russia needs Crimea.

Taiwan's sovereign status should be ratified in UN asap.

[-] BattleGrown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately that won't happen unless Republic of China declares to become an independent state of Taiwan. In their current form, they claim to be the legitimate government of mainland People's Republic of China too. I think it's safe to assume that they won't get their lands back, but it is not up to me to advise govt affairs.

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