Our previous article explained the importance of the Taiwanese firm TSMC as a critical link in the global semiconductor supply chain. Although it is not the only firm with the ability to manufacture cutting-edge logic chips, TSMC is the only viable choice for chip design companies in many situations, and under normal market conditions is likely to remain so for years to come. Control of TSMC’s foundries in Taiwan might thus appear a decisive factor both in Beijing’s readiness to risk attempting unification through force, and for other states deciding whether to take a strong stance against this.
Would China Invade Taiwan for TSMC? (archived)
Tag: Intellectual Property
Deputies Who Raided Afroman’s House Sue Him For Daring To Turn Footage Of The Raid Into A Viral Video
When the Adams County (OH) sheriff’s office raided rap artist Afroman’s home, he didn’t just sit back and assume everyone involved operated in good faith. The raid was captured on Afroman’s security cameras, which the artist soon converted into a viral video/rap song entitled “Will You Help Me Repair My Door.”
Deputies Who Raided Afroman’s House Sue Him For Daring To Turn Footage Of The Raid Into A Viral Video
Previously:
Afroman Turns Security Footage Of Bullshit Raid Of His Home Into Viral Rap Video Hit
WATCH: ‘Hero’ Cops Raid Rapper ‘Afroman’ To Protect Society from His Legal Hemp Flower
How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’
Import tariffs placed on more than US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods during the Trump administration increased US prices, according to a report from a bipartisan US trade commission, confirming a widely held view among analysts of trade and tariffs that they caused “self-inflicted harm”.
How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’
Pentagon Mobilized to Support Tech Startups After Bank Failure
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank presents the Defense Department with warnings—and opportunities.
Pentagon Mobilized to Support Tech Startups After Bank Failure
No, China Isn’t Gobbling Up America’s Farms
Fears over Chinese purchases of US cropland are vastly overblown. Lawmakers should slow down before imposing damaging new restrictions.
No, China Isn’t Gobbling Up America’s Farms
Related:
Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner
Bill Gates Finally Explains Why He’s Buying So Much U.S. Farmland
I’m more worried about ‘Farmer Bill’, who claims that he owns “less than 1/4000 of the farmland”.
“Stop US interference”: Interview with the Labour Party of Taiwan
No Cold War is pleased to publish the following interview of Wu Rong-yuan, Chairperson of the Labour Party of Taiwan, conducted by Wim De Ceukelaire. The interview has been edited for clarity.
“Stop US interference”: Interview with the Labour Party of Taiwan
Explained: How Americans In Chinese Tech Firms Might Have To Choose Between US Citizenship And Job
Under the latest US technology export rules, US citizens working in Chinese firms might face a tough choice — quit their jobs or risk losing US citizenship.
Explained: How Americans In Chinese Tech Firms Might Have To Choose Between US Citizenship And Job
H/T: Simply put, Biden forced all Americans working in China to choose between being fired or losing their American citizenship from Der Friedensstifter/The Peacemaker
Sounds like a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.
What’s wrong with the USA?
China has been, variously described as a rising power, a sleeping dragon and a collapsing economy. Most of the rhetoric is driven from the US. Inside their government, both the Senate and Congress have anti-China hawks, their State Department seems to see a threat at every turning point and their military seems to believe that a defensive People’s liberation Army is a bad thing as it threatens US interests. Books reports and documentaries are created about mass dissatisfaction which extended academic research seems unable to identify.
What’s wrong with the USA? (archived)
Diplomatic Immunity, American-Style
BY LARRY ROMANOFF • UNZ REVIEW • AUGUST 28, 2022
In a recent podcast, Kevin Barrett stated that the rule of law has disappeared in the US. This is so obviously true to outsiders looking in, and is even more true of American official conduct abroad, but I find myself wondering about the extent to which Americans generally are aware of this and how it is perceived.
Diplomatic Immunity, American-Style
China Defies US Sanctions with Computer Chip Breakthrough
China Defies US Sanctions with Computer Chip Breakthrough
China’s rise as the largest, most powerful nation on earth is inevitable. The resources, energy, and time the United States is wasting in attempting to contain China’s rise and assert itself above all other nations could be used instead to find a constructive role to play among all other nations as a still powerful, influential nation with much to offer humanity, just not the most powerful or influential. The United States, like many empires before it in history, unfortunately, appears determined to squander this opportunity to peacefully transition to one powerful nation among many, and instead faces the prospects of holding neither primacy over the planet, nor significant prominence among the nations on it.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 