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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This makes me think they're going to move on Taiwan sooner rather than later.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why would they? If the US keeps sabotaging its influence and economy they just have to wait for a bit for the protection of Taiwan to collapse completely.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 5 days ago

I mean it's in the context. They're shutting down rare mineral resources but given a few years other countries can replace those supplies. If China wants to cripple certain abilities, they probably want to act before we have found workarounds for their actions. Also, as crazy as Trump has seemed so far, the US is nowhere near uninfluential. Yet. He gained influence during his last term. I wouldn't write him off as completely insane just yet.