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MangoCoffee ◴[] No.27162310[source]
its always interesting to read the comments on HN regarding China/Taiwan situation. Chinese invasion (Taiwan) threat is always there. It didn't stop when Nixon visit China and it didn't stop when American abandoned Taiwan to have a business relationship with China for more than 40 years.

the threat is so old now. there are some running jokes in Taiwan like "China threatening to invade Taiwan since my grandpa is alive then my father. I hope I get to see it before I die". a lot of Taiwanese already numb to the threat.

did South Korea stop everything whenever North Korea did a Nuke test?

American can throw ton of money into the semis industry like China big fund. maybe throw money at Intel, free money to companies like TSMC or Samsung to setup more fabs in the US or throw money at a home grown semis foundry?

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1. lumost ◴[] No.27162710[source]
The cause for recent concern is that China is close to credibly "winning" the next Taiwan straight crises in almost all scenarios. Unlike Berlin in the cold war, there isn't a convincing trigger for MAD and it may become impractical for the US Navy to maintain the status quo.