burneracc's comments

Yup. Unfortunately the people of taiwan are going to get an unwelcome wake up call. If powerful armed nations of europe and north america cant stop russia they will certainly not be able to stop china. I am curious if post taiwan india will become a testing ground as it appears fertile land for destabilisation. We shall see how things unravel.

See the problem is that ukraine doesnt need to make chips to be important. Since the second world war the world has been split in half. West europe and america on one side and east europe and the soviets on the other side.

Africa, asia, the middle east, and latin america have been split between these two enormous social, economic and cultural blocks. Dictatorships and democracies in countries of these continents have one way or another been dismantled or assembled by one side or the other.

A weak response from nato to russia in ukraine means a weak west and a weak west means a strong china. The people of taiwan and pretty much anywhere outside europe and north america should pay attention to whats happening because the actions here will define their future. Just like in Georgia and Syria and now Ukraine Russia has proven that where it enters it can never be kicked out regardless of sanctions or military might.

China probably understands this and as such it took swift and decisive action in HK. Barely any response from the west.

If China is entering taiwan there will be zero reaponse as it has been proven that there is simply nothing short than total annihilation to stop Russia and China.