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Trading Taiwan for peace with China is a dangerous illusion (thehill.com)
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Taiwanโ€™s story is the mirror image. Twenty-three million people built a world-class economy and a resilient democracy by pairing technological excellence with open debate and free exchange.

Subordinating that success to the dictates of an authoritarian system holds no appeal, especially after the unraveling of Hong Kongโ€™s โ€œone country, two systemsโ€ โ€” the very template once marketed to Taiwan. If Beijing wouldnโ€™t keep that promise for Hong Kong, why would it honor it for Taiwan?

Taiwan sits at the center of global semiconductor production. Moving it into Beijingโ€™s orbit would concentrate, not diversify, risk, placing the worldโ€™s most advanced chips and manufacturing know-how under the political leverage of an authoritarian state.

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[โ€“] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They produce microchips. Do you want to buy them from china? We need to finally get around producing them ourself

[โ€“] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

It is easy to do it ourselves. However, it Costs a lot of money, it costs ressources. We have both, but china just lowers the prices of rare earth minerals, and Taiwan the chips, so it is more affordable for companies to buy it from them instead of EU. Then once the factories go bankrupt, they raise the prices again. That is the chinese way on a global economic scale. That is why china is a power house.

[โ€“] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We really should put the effort on the last part. It's also easier and cheaper than fighting a war in China.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

So abandon another democracy and further prove that the west is full of cowards ready to abandon countries doing the right thing.