Recent developments underscore the ever-pressing need for a nuanced and multifaceted strategy toward Taiwan—one that pairs economic, political, and diplomatic efforts with military deterrence.
I love you’re approach here. To me it turns Taiwan into a geopolitical asset, as opposed to a geopolitical problem for the United States and the world as a whole. It makes it an important tool in opposing China, especially economically. And to me that is the real harm of China globally.
China does not have a capitalist economy, at least not in any entrepreneurial sense. Because it doesn’t invent. It steals. Some of it’s largest, most “successful” companies, only got there by stealing technology from the west.
Take Huawei, the technology giant. It came into existence and gained its dominance solely by stealing an entire product line from Cisco Systems. Hardware and software were all exact copies of the Cisco product, down to the documentation, which included the same typos as Cisco’s original documentation. So of course they could sell it for much less. They didn’t have to spend any money on development. And the same is true of much of China's green technology and other products such as military drones.
All of which makes me wonder what will happen if we can get our act together to the point where we can keep them from hacking into our systems and otherwise stealing our products. What will happen to their economy if they run out of stolen ideas.
Also I’m wondering if there’s any chance of bringing back the Trans Pacific Partnership as part of your model. That seemed like a powerful way of isolating China economically.
Elise, first rate analysis. But it's going to take energetic leadership to make it happen. Where do you see that coming from? I seem to remember that the Reagan administration was able to do similar things.
Mr. Saint James hits the nail on the head. Communist China crumbles if the "West" stops business with them.
I love you’re approach here. To me it turns Taiwan into a geopolitical asset, as opposed to a geopolitical problem for the United States and the world as a whole. It makes it an important tool in opposing China, especially economically. And to me that is the real harm of China globally.
China does not have a capitalist economy, at least not in any entrepreneurial sense. Because it doesn’t invent. It steals. Some of it’s largest, most “successful” companies, only got there by stealing technology from the west.
Take Huawei, the technology giant. It came into existence and gained its dominance solely by stealing an entire product line from Cisco Systems. Hardware and software were all exact copies of the Cisco product, down to the documentation, which included the same typos as Cisco’s original documentation. So of course they could sell it for much less. They didn’t have to spend any money on development. And the same is true of much of China's green technology and other products such as military drones.
All of which makes me wonder what will happen if we can get our act together to the point where we can keep them from hacking into our systems and otherwise stealing our products. What will happen to their economy if they run out of stolen ideas.
Also I’m wondering if there’s any chance of bringing back the Trans Pacific Partnership as part of your model. That seemed like a powerful way of isolating China economically.
Elise, first rate analysis. But it's going to take energetic leadership to make it happen. Where do you see that coming from? I seem to remember that the Reagan administration was able to do similar things.
Mr. Saint James hits the nail on the head. Communist China crumbles if the "West" stops business with them.