> i bet there would a be lot to win if we diplomatically supported China annexion of Taiwan

Sure, and let's give Ukraine to Russia while we're here so we can get their gas. The problem with the bullies is that they'll keep taking.

Ukraine is European problem. Taiwan, Who cares in Europe ?

As long as we have access to microprocessors…

Trump v2 is the greatest change in world policy, adapt or die trying.

	▲	simgt 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's fairly obvious that France won't do much if China were to invade Taiwan, but we can at the very least pretend that we care about their fate. It's a much better functioning democracy than ours. There was never a scenario in which Russian tanks were to get into Paris.