Actually youtube co-founder Steve Chen is Taiwan born. But Zoom and Doordash founders are mainland Chinese born.
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Actually youtube co-founder Steve Chen is Taiwan born. But Zoom and Doordash founders are mainland Chinese born.
They only fear us.
They are not at all afraid of Korea, Japan, Vietnam (despite the embarrassment in history), Philippines, Thailand, etc.
But yes otherwise true.
They are not at all afraid of Korea, Japan, Vietnam (despite the embarrassment in history), Philippines, Thailand, etc.
But yes otherwise true.
Heard of Intel? And it's performance for last several years?
Meet it's research team
Almost a quarter of them are indians (I admit i didn't know it's that high
)It won't be long before they are wiped off from server market too.
"Wiping off" just reminded me of another thing
Too late bro . Intel foundry business is screwed up.
Zoom:
- Eric Yuan - born and raised in , Province, China.
DoorDash:
- Tony Xu - Born in , China
- Andy Fang - grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanley Tang - Hong Kong American
Lmao, Taiwanese my ass.
There
I think these Gulf countries have very significant economic system that not open and they are risk takers.
There was interview with Saudi ambassador to US in 2001 or 2022. where in response to question of wasting $50b. the ambassador answered so what?. recent skirmish in Sudan airport this summer in which Arabs lost up to 20 planes on the ground some of them expensive civil airlines. they only mentioned there people are safe. behind alot of conflicts in Africa there seem Arab funding. Arabs spare few billion for Trump after presidency and still play golf with him. Than there is that huge donations that they do many places. the point is to have financial system that people can rely on the country need both hard power and soft power.
It seem UAE just want to disclose this round number of $100b to show it is now major economic center to attract even more wealth.
I think these Gulf countries have very significant economic system that not open and they are risk takers.
There was interview with Saudi ambassador to US in 2001 or 2022. where in response to question of wasting $50b. the ambassador answered so what?. recent skirmish in Sudan airport this summer in which Arabs lost up to 20 planes on the ground some of them expensive civil airlines. they only mentioned there people are safe. behind alot of conflicts in Africa there seem Arab funding. Arabs spare few billion for Trump after presidency and still play golf with him. Than there is that huge donations that they do many places. the point is to have financial system that people can rely on the country need both hard power and soft power.
Japan's real GDP could shrink by around 1.2 trillion yen ($8.2 billion), or 0.2%, if inbound tourism from China does not recover, adding to the hit from the ban imposed by China and Hong Kong, the estimates showed.
If the row escalates and leads to a 20% drop in goods exports to China, Japan's GDP could shrink by around 6.1 trillion yen, or 1.1%, according to the estimates.
Economic seppuku
This is what gets me. Every time there's always this propaganda talk about building a SEA 'democratic alliance' of countries that are 'better' than China in every metric, and no one ever questions it.
Vietnam is not a democracy(they literally jail dissidents and the West doesn't care), they are lower in development and quality of life vs China
Philippines is literally worse than China in every metric despite being a 'democracy'. Shouldn't they be a $50,000GDP per capita country by now??
In the whole SEA, only Singapore(not a democracy) is better than China. Brunei and Malaysia are comparable, everywhere else there is just worse.
And let's not forget about India, it might not be in SEA but lmao
So this narrative is BS. Look at all those very functioning and thriving 'democracies' - why aren't they richer than China?
Singapore is only "better" in the same way Norway is "better" than USA.
If China only had to worry about running a tiny peninsula, you bet it would have 70 000 $ per capita too. There are cities in China that are larger and have richer population than Singapore.
Reddit troglodytes use this same line of reasoning when comparing China to Taiwan.
A China vs ASEAN comparison is more reasonable. Once you do that, you realize China comes out ahead in every single metric of development.
— CNN News: US approves first-ever military aid to Taiwan through program typically used for sovereign nations
— "The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.
The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.
“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN."
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— PRC State Media, Global Times on August 25, 2023 on Twitter/X:
— "The US’ arms sales to the island of Taiwan are malicious actions that interfere with China’s internal affairs, violating the one-China principle and the China-US Three Joint Communiques, threatening the safety of people in the island and cross-Straits stability.
China firmly opposes this latest sales and has lodged solemn representation to the US, Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the National Defense Ministry, said."
Global Times (@globaltimesnews)
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— PRC State Media, Global Times on August 31, 2023 on Twitter/X:
— "The US intends to keep creating the tension of the Taiwan question to provoke China rather than to ease the tension, analysts said on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden's administration has approved a military transfer to the island of Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, which is normally used for sovereign states."
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Global Times (@globaltimesnews)
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— Focus Taiwan: Unprovoked attack on Taiwan to trigger 'resolute reaction': U.S. lawmaker
— "U.S. Representative Robert Wittman said that "any hostile, unprovoked attack on Taiwan will result in a resolute reaction from the United States," during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) at the Presidential Office in Taipei Friday.
Wittman, a Republican who serves as vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told Tsai that the U.S. would do "everything possible" to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and it was committed to building up and projecting strength in the region.
"Strength is the best deterrence to anyone that may think there's an opportunity to act badly in this region," said Wittman, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday night."
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— Focus Taiwan: Taiwan to receive 7 anti-tank mine-laying systems by end of 2023
— "Taiwan will receive seven of 14 anti-tank mine-laying systems that it had ordered from the United States by the end of this year, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
Based on details of the MND's 2024 annual budget proposal delivered to the Legislative Yuan on Thursday, the remaining seven systems will arrive in 2026.
The total budget for the M136 Volcano Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System will be about NT$4.89 billion (US$153.53 million), which is to be allocated through 2029, according to the MND."
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— Al-Jazeera: Presidential hopeful Lai says Taiwan’s sovereignty is ‘a fact’
— "Taiwanese vice president and presidential hopeful William Lai Ching-te has underlined Taiwan’s status as a sovereign nation and said that the world knows that China is to blame for a recent rise in tensions.
At a press conference for foreign journalists on Friday, ruling Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai said that the island has proven its status as a country through its democratic actions.
“Taiwan holds regular elections for our president, vice president, legislators, officials, mayors and local government leaders, and they serve the people, so I think this shows that it is a fact that Taiwan is a sovereign country,” Lai said. “This is a fact, this is the truth.”"
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— "The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.
The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.
“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN."
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— PRC State Media, Global Times on August 25, 2023 on Twitter/X:— "The US’ arms sales to the island of Taiwan are malicious actions that interfere with China’s internal affairs, violating the one-China principle and the China-US Three Joint Communiques, threatening the safety of people in the island and cross-Straits stability.
China firmly opposes this latest sales and has lodged solemn representation to the US, Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the National Defense Ministry, said."
Global Times (@globaltimesnews)
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— PRC State Media, Global Times on August 31, 2023 on Twitter/X:— "The US intends to keep creating the tension of the Taiwan question to provoke China rather than to ease the tension, analysts said on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden's administration has approved a military transfer to the island of Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, which is normally used for sovereign states."
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Global Times (@globaltimesnews)
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— Focus Taiwan: Unprovoked attack on Taiwan to trigger 'resolute reaction': U.S. lawmaker
— "U.S. Representative Robert Wittman said that "any hostile, unprovoked attack on Taiwan will result in a resolute reaction from the United States," during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) at the Presidential Office in Taipei Friday.
Wittman, a Republican who serves as vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told Tsai that the U.S. would do "everything possible" to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and it was committed to building up and projecting strength in the region.
"Strength is the best deterrence to anyone that may think there's an opportunity to act badly in this region," said Wittman, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday night."
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— Focus Taiwan: Taiwan to receive 7 anti-tank mine-laying systems by end of 2023
— "Taiwan will receive seven of 14 anti-tank mine-laying systems that it had ordered from the United States by the end of this year, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
Based on details of the MND's 2024 annual budget proposal delivered to the Legislative Yuan on Thursday, the remaining seven systems will arrive in 2026.
The total budget for the M136 Volcano Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System will be about NT$4.89 billion (US$153.53 million), which is to be allocated through 2029, according to the MND."
Link
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— Al-Jazeera: Presidential hopeful Lai says Taiwan’s sovereignty is ‘a fact’
— "Taiwanese vice president and presidential hopeful William Lai Ching-te has underlined Taiwan’s status as a sovereign nation and said that the world knows that China is to blame for a recent rise in tensions.
At a press conference for foreign journalists on Friday, ruling Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai said that the island has proven its status as a country through its democratic actions.
“Taiwan holds regular elections for our president, vice president, legislators, officials, mayors and local government leaders, and they serve the people, so I think this shows that it is a fact that Taiwan is a sovereign country,” Lai said. “This is a fact, this is the truth.”"
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