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Apple did the right thing, why cave to China's political agenda.

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They should do the same with Palestine so they piss off the other side as well.

Would the opportunity come up? Palestine's GDP is $12B, Taiwan's is $1.1T.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan

Taipei skyline.jpg Taipei skyline. Currency New Taiwan dollar (NT$) NT$29.2 per US$ (Apr 2018) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations WTO, APEC, ICC and others (as Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) Statistics GDP Nominal: $571.5 billion

That is the nominal GDP, Palestine's nominal GDP is $4B.

Taiwan's GDP counts for around 4% of the Chinese GDP, to give you more context, Chinese GDP growth slowed down to 6.8% pa, that is still creating 1.5 times of the entire GDP in Taiwan every 12 months.

using your logic here, please don't argue further more, otherwise you'd be arguing with yourself - who care about the tiny island called taiwan.

What I was saying is that it's far more likely in general Apple would be dealing with Taiwan, the world's 22nd largest economy, than Palestine, the 129th. That and the large microelectronics industry in Taiwan.

> PPP: $1.177 trillion

It wouldn't call it "propaganda." Countries routinely have territorial disputes. I get China is viewed as a competitor to American interests, but the situation in Taiwan is historically complex. It would be like if Texas or California unilaterally seceded from the U.S., various countries would recognize or not recognize their legitimacy as an independent nation.

It's more like if there was a communist revolution in the US followed by a civil war, with the anti-communists ending up holding Texas or California and establishing their own government there. The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan, and Taiwan hasn't officially seceded.

your analogy is missing the most politically critical part -

the 1943 Cairo Declaration explicitly stated that Taiwan belongs to China and it should be "restored" to China. it is a part of the post-WWII world order.

It would be like if the US had a civil war and one side retreated to Cuba

Wouldn't it be like if the U.S. first annexed Cuba, and then had a civil war where one side retreated to it?

Indeed. Only a few have any thoughts about the native Taiwanese, both Aboriginal and Han.

Another country’s colony. Spain in Cuba’s case, Japan in Taiwan’s

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