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Re:TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks... by nl on Saturday May 15, 2021 @08:19PM (#27170144)
China's treatment of HK was supposed to be regulated by a treaty with the UK - but as you point out it was under the sovereignty of China.

That's pretty different to Taiwan which has never been under the sovereignty of China.

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Re:TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks... by ChuckMcM on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:31PM (#27170461)
> That's pretty different to Taiwan which has never been under the sovereignty of China.

You see, if China agreed with your statement diplomacy would be a lot easier. But few things anger the Chinese more than asserting that it does not have sovereignty over Taiwan, the only other one I can think of is that Tibet should be free to be its own country.

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Re:TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks... by nl on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:02AM (#27172798)
Sure, this is true.

But Taiwan has a functional, large military, friends in Washington and economic consequences to an invasion.

HK had umbrellas and a few strongly worded newspaper columns.

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