Holy shit, somehow I missed Trump trying to sell half of Intel to a Chinese company that doesn't want it. TSMC is a great company, but this sounds disharmonious with Trump's jingoist and xenophobic rhetoric.

The deal hasn't actually closed, though, has it? The linked page says, "However, TSMC is unlikely to agree to this proposal."

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heod749 3 days ago | parent [-]

> somehow I missed Trump trying to sell half of Intel to a C̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶e̶ Taiwanese company that doesn't want it.

fixed your typo

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meindnoch 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Is the US willing (and able?) to go to war for Taiwan?

	▲	kragen 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I certainly hope not; we have known for 80 years that a war between two nuclear powers would be a tragedy unprecedented in human history.
	▲	selkin 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It used to be, though the previous Trump administration xenophobia set it on a policy of reducing the support for Taiwan. Now their xenophobic tendencies against China are stronger.

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nosianu 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For how long though? The end of an independent Taiwan can't be just dismissed as a possible outcome at this point, no?

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baobabKoodaa 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You must mean "Taiwan, territory of China"