Taiwan v US

[tllwd]

Taiwan says proposal to move 40% of its chipmaking capacity to US is ‘impossible’

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/arti ... impossible

Taiwan’s move to defend its “silicon shield” is the latest sign of the island’s tech dominance being used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations, as it faces increased geopolitical pressure to shift semiconductor manufacturing capacity overseas, according to analysts.

I think Taiwan worries that once it's bargaining chip gone to US Americans would lose interest in defending Taiwan.

While TSMC was reportedly set to start 3-nanometre production at its “mega fab” in Arizona – projected to cost US$165 billion – by 2027, the company had started mass production of 2nm chips in Taiwan’s southern city of Kaohsiung last year.

On Tuesday, the Taiwanese foundry giant reported a 37 per cent year-on-year revenue surge in January to NT$401.3 billion (US$12.7 billion), marking its highest monthly revenue ever, as it continued to benefit from huge demand for AI chips.

[Black Orchid]

I think Taiwan worries that once it's bargaining chip gone to US Americans would lose interest in defending Taiwan

I agree.

[Jasin]

Stuff Taiwan. We don't need Australian lives lost to another Korean, Vietnam.
It's up to other Asian nations to fix another Asian problem.
USA is not the UN and needs to butt out.

[Bobby]

Stuff Taiwan. We don't need Australian lives lost to another Korean, Vietnam.
It's up to other Asian nations to fix another Asian problem.
USA is not the UN and needs to butt out.

China had a fake one country 2 systems spin when they took over Hong Kong.

Google AI:

The "One Country, Two Systems" framework, implemented when Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, was designed to allow the city to maintain its capitalist system, independent judiciary, and civil liberties for 50 years. However, the 50-year framework has undergone significant changes in recent years, with Beijing taking active steps to integrate the city and tighten control, prompting widespread debate over the validity of the original promise.


Key Developments and Shifts in Policy
Initial Promise: Upon the 1997 handover, China pledged that Hong Kong's legal system, free market economy, and way of life would remain unchanged until at least 2047.


Shifting Interpretation: In 2014, a white paper from Beijing emphasized that "One Country" is the prerequisite for "Two Systems," stating that high autonomy is authorized by the central government, not inherent to Hong Kong.


National Security Law (2020): In response to mass protests, China imposed a sweeping National Security Law (NSL) in 2020. This law authorized Beijing to establish a security force in Hong Kong, bypass the local legislature for key decisions, and criminalized broadly defined acts of subversion and foreign collusion.


"Patriots" Only Election System (2021): Beijing overhauled Hong Kong's electoral system to ensure only "patriots" manage the city, effectively shutting out the opposition camp.
Article 23 (2024): Hong Kong enacted further security legislation in March 2024, expanding the scope of the 2020 law to cover treason, espionage, and external interference.


Integration Efforts: The "Greater Bay Area" project aims to integrate Hong Kong with mainland cities, accelerating its alignment with the mainland's social and economic systems.


Status as of 2025–2026
As of early 2026, the crackdown on pro-democracy activists has continued, with prominent figures facing long prison sentences. Rights organizations argue that freedoms of speech, assembly, and the press have been heavily eroded. Beijing continues to frame these actions as necessary to bring stability and "true" implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle.

Official Position: Beijing officials have stated that the "One Country, Two Systems" policy will be maintained in the long term, with some suggestions it could continue or be extended beyond 2047, but now within a context of stronger national security.
International View: Many international observers and governments, including the UK and US, have argued that these actions constitute a breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and have resulted in the dismantlement of the promised freedoms.

While Hong Kong retains its own currency and legal system, the "two systems" aspect has been significantly narrowed, with Beijing exercising much stronger, direct control over the territory's political and legal affairs.

[Jasin]

Communism will eventually fail in China.
Communism only works on a family level.

[Bobby]

Communism will eventually fail in China.
Communism only works on a family level.

The Chinese have their own form of capitalism now.

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Communism will eventually fail in China.
Communism only works on a family level.

Chinese capitalism in globalized environment may turn out more dangerous for Australia then their domestic communism, which is detrimental only to themselves.

[Jasin]

True Tallo.
We see our Federal level politics failing this country currently as if the international arena is tightening the screes more like from China, Palestine and the EU wanting us to take more immigration rather than them.
But our States seem to be holding up a bit domestically, well - maybe not Victoria, but hey - they just wanna focus on Sport.

Egalitarianism isn't to dissimilar to Communism and ours is only starting to stretch to extreme rich and poor. Sadly for Communism in the northern hemisphere, it's intention is good and Lenin may have based it on his own family dynamic. But once it gained Govt power it broke into the usual minority rich/ majority poor like all politics in the north.