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Taiwan’s government is closely monitoring reports that SpaceX has requested its Taiwanese suppliers to relocate manufacturing to countries like Vietnam and Thailand due to “geopolitical” concerns, specifically potential conflict with China.

Taiwan’s Economic Affairs Minister JW Kuo expressed confidence in Taiwan’s resilient supply chain but acknowledged the situation.

The request has sparked anger in Taiwan, with some accusing Musk of being ungrateful for local suppliers. The incident has also garnered attention in China, with some praising Musk’s foresight regarding China’s unification goals.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    WWIII was already about to happen, now the spinning plates are being handed to the closest thing we’ve got to the antichrist. Sorry for sounding bothered

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      But with who? Trump isn’t going to go up against Putin and Putin and Xi are allies, so he won’t go up against Xi either.

      Much easier for all of them to turn a blind eye to each other for the foreseeable future with three authoritarians in charge.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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        So you’re imagining a stable power vacuum as the greatest superpower in history willfully shrinks due to the leadership of a foreign asset?

        Respectfully, why?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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          No, I said what I was imagining:

          I think Trump will create Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. No point in having a war with each other if you can just take whatever territory the other two don’t want and the other two won’t interfere.

          There is no power vacuum there.

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            3 hours ago

            I just don’t see how that translates to the game board as it stands without a world war ensuing. There are enough nuclear powers in the world that someone is popping off before we get there.