> Isolating yourself from the world's largest economy isn't a winning economic policy.

If you're saying that Taiwan is isolating itself from China, then you are very wrong. Taiwan and China's economies are very intertwined. Taiwanese companies have had a large hand in the economic growth of China during the past generation.

It's a good reminder that countries can do quite well working with one another even if they're rivals. Hopefully this reality keeps hostilities in check.

I'm not saying that -- I'm responding to:

>_countries_ (not even territories!) that have tried to 'stand up' to the USA, you only see a trail of immiseration and coup d'état.

I think the situation demonstrates that China needs Taiwan more than the US needs Cuba.