Comment by markhahn
16 days ago
No, the world outside PRC don't believe Taiwan should be "unified" against its will. The fact that Tiawanese industry is quite important is more of a gain factor, not polarity.
16 days ago
No, the world outside PRC don't believe Taiwan should be "unified" against its will. The fact that Tiawanese industry is quite important is more of a gain factor, not polarity.
Do they believe enough to go fight a war over it?
If we assume everyone can make their own hardware at home.
Taiwan forms the first Island chain that currently keeps China's navy constrained.
Loosing Taiwan is tantamount to accepting Chinese military hegemony in SEA and East Asia. No need to export ideology, it's more like if I put up tariffs against Chinese goods to protect domestic business and then a few PLAN warships park up right next to my trade corridors.
Some background:
https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/challenges-to-c...
As long as TSMC is the major chip hub.