‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’

Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by smcl on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:39AM (#16583977)

I think I'm missing something - TSMC should move their fabs off the island because of some goings-on in the mainland? The countries are obviously connected in various ways, but they're definitely not yet united so I'm struggling to see what the reasoning here is

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by bsder on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:05PM (#16589738)

> The countries are obviously connected in various ways, but they're definitely not yet united so I'm struggling to see what the reasoning here is

China doesn't see it this way. And the only thing keeping China from steamrolling both Taiwan and Hong Kong are the fact that it would decimate the economies and businesses there.

However, once you have a leader more worried about his power rather than being beholden to the working class, that is no longer an obstacle.

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by jbfoo on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @11:00AM (#16585175)

Well, I guess, one could argument than after losing contact with working class and solidifying their rule, China's ruling class will what every non-democratic regime did --- try to expand territoriality. And they have grudges with Taiwan.

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