Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o...
by edgyquant on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:00PM
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I don’t know how many times this has to be said, but the situations with Taiwan and Ukraine are in no way similar. The US has no formal alliance, or guarantees, with Ukraine. The US not rushing to defend them is not proof they won’t defend Taiwan (for one thing Taiwan is vital to the American military as a chip manufacturer.)
Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o...
by waffleiron on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:07PM
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Taiwan is extremely important militarily for the US besides chip manufacturing. First the US has an early warning radar for detecting a (nuclear) ballistic missile attack installed in Tawain [1] and Taiwan is a key strategic part in the in a war against China [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAVE_PAWS#In_Taiwanese_service
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain#United_Stat...
In return they get to see what the West will do and what they'd do if China would to attack Taiwan. They get the cheap resources OP mentioned above, they get another country which depends on them and posting some Ads on Facebook won't hurt them. It's not like somebody would sanction them because of it.
Realistically seen, they'll be able to get away with much more and I'm sure they'll test that in the weeks to come.
I can't imagine "the West" sanctioning both a huge source for oil and gas AND a source for cheap manufactured goods and they know it too...