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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by wumeow on Saturday January 04, 2025 @01:47AM (#42592990)
Those plants will 100% be destroyed/disabled in the event of an invasion.
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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by seanmcdirmid on Saturday January 04, 2025 @01:49AM (#42593000)
Those plants depend on a lot of imports for spare parts and raw materials, even if China took them over tomorrow somehow intact with with the people to operate them, they would be out of commission in a month or so.
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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by okasaki on Saturday January 04, 2025 @02:55AM (#42593263)
They say that but it doesn't really make sense to actually do it.
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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by coliveira on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:44AM (#42594950)
Even if that is possible (unlikely), it will be a big blow to American power because Taiwan produces the best of semiconductor technology.
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