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Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[+] -6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He’s not wrong is he though? And besides, what is Taiwan besides an American client state?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Mitch McConnell's wife and Trump's Secretary of Labor - Elaine Chao - is from a family of enormously wealthy Taiwanese shipping magnets.

    California is flush with Taiwanese-born politicians, business owners, and investors.

    Taiwanese's ruling class goes to school in the US, owns property in the US, and has a very friendly relationship with the American financial system.

    I would put them more on par with Israel than, say, the Philippines or some Latin American Banana Republic. They've got much more influence over us than a traditional client state like Puerto Rico or Guam.

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