President Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in person for the first time in a year during a summit in San Francisco. It will be the second in-person meeting between the two leaders since Biden took office.
And what might make Taiwan no longer “integral to US national security”? Having an even stronger military ally in the region.
And what keeps those semiconductors “safe”? The knowledge that this won’t be a clean war. This won’t be landing troops in an airport after targeted bombardments and then decapitating leadership. Russia tried that and it led to their semi-competent soldiers being killed and the current slog of a war.
And you know what was a big factor in that? Western military and intelligence support.
Without that? Quick invasion and then an insurgency. But China Don’t Care about “the optics”. Just look at their ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs, their subjugation of Hong Kong, or even how thoroughly they have (internally) covered up why Tiananmen Square is a touch subject. And even externally, people know that more for “ha ha, China covered it up” rather than WHY there was a massacre in the first place. Insurgencies don’t last long under those conditions.
And if the US has “strong military ties” with China? That more or less means we have to pick and choose who we actually support in the event of a war. And it probably won’t be the smaller military. Otherwise we would have told Pooh to go fuck himself and not bothered with this.
And what might make Taiwan no longer “integral to US national security”? Having an even stronger military ally in the region.
And what keeps those semiconductors “safe”? The knowledge that this won’t be a clean war. This won’t be landing troops in an airport after targeted bombardments and then decapitating leadership. Russia tried that and it led to their semi-competent soldiers being killed and the current slog of a war.
And you know what was a big factor in that? Western military and intelligence support.
Without that? Quick invasion and then an insurgency. But China Don’t Care about “the optics”. Just look at their ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs, their subjugation of Hong Kong, or even how thoroughly they have (internally) covered up why Tiananmen Square is a touch subject. And even externally, people know that more for “ha ha, China covered it up” rather than WHY there was a massacre in the first place. Insurgencies don’t last long under those conditions.
And if the US has “strong military ties” with China? That more or less means we have to pick and choose who we actually support in the event of a war. And it probably won’t be the smaller military. Otherwise we would have told Pooh to go fuck himself and not bothered with this.
Every single Chinese person I have asked has told me that they knew about the incident long before they left China.