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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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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If they attack Taiwan and let the chip factories burn. Does that mean they only cared about getting the land?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Of course not. There's glory, there's internal CCP politics, pooh bear's ego, claims over the South China Sea, reducing the US sphere of influence, the fulfilled narrative of a "united China", etc.

    China doesn't stand to gain anything pragmatic by invading Taiwan. However humans, and dictators in particular, do not always act perfectly rationally and in the best interest of their nation.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Taiwan presents the same kind of military threat to China as Cuba presented to the US during the Cold War.

    It's an excellent staging ground for bombing and the mountainous terrain to the west guards it from effective retaliation.

    Even without a big chip factory, it presents an existential threat to the mainland only really matched by Korea or the Philippines.

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