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Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Mitch McConnell's wife and Trump's Secretary of Labor - Elaine Chao - is from a family of enormously wealthy Taiwanese shipping magnets.

California is flush with Taiwanese-born politicians, business owners, and investors.

Taiwanese's ruling class goes to school in the US, owns property in the US, and has a very friendly relationship with the American financial system.

I would put them more on par with Israel than, say, the Philippines or some Latin American Banana Republic. They've got much more influence over us than a traditional client state like Puerto Rico or Guam.