Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping

Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by perardi on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:18PM (#24872272)

The US has a greater inclination and ability to build alliances.

I really hate to bring up the T factor…but I think this is more in doubt than it used to be, given the current administration.

Taiwan will be the key trigger for a possible war.

I cannot imagine the horror that would ensue if China tried to assert power over Taiwan. Just the potential of losing TSMC alone…

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Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by fakedang on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:26PM (#24872907)

How many TSMC foundries are in Taiwan alone? Sure, they could straight up invade Taiwan, but I'd wager that most of the affluent and the middle class (which would include a lot of TSMC engineers) will have quickly moved shop away from the island by then. So even if China took over the island, the intellect would have escaped.

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Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by jcranmer on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:32PM (#24873769)

I believe all of the cutting-edge process node foundries are in Taiwan. If all of those foundries were to be lost, that would be something like 50% of the entire production capacity for computers, computer peripherals, and smartphones completely axed, and it would take years for the capacity to resume.

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Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by ardit33 on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:57PM (#24872651)

trump is on the way out.... but 'trumpism' will be around for a while, but still in the minority and eventually fade just like the Tea Party, or Occupy wall Street

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