As China escalates its intimidation of Taiwan, provoking speculation that President Xi Jinping wants the People’s Liberation Army to invade the island sometime in the next few years, Taiwan’s government is preparing the population of nearly 24 million for the possibility of war while calling on the world’s democracies for assistance.
-China relations in the 1970s, laid the groundwork for today’s dispute. Beyond the historic or ideological reasons behind Xi’s vow to absorb Taiwan, the presence of advanced semiconductor manufacturers makes Taiwan an enticing geopolitical target which President Biden has vowed to defend in the case of attack.This is a podcast for people who want to think historically about current events. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. The past shapes the present.
China is closing itself off. Let them. Unable to steal the next technology they will wither and die. tt:GordonGChang ckchumley maggieNYT