• SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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    2 hours ago

    No, but they are close enough to that to be having economic effects upon Taiwan by reducing the number of potential trading partners willing to risk inviting China’s wrath. Ship captains would likely rather avoid a run-in with China’s Navy.

    • Marcomunista@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      56 minutes ago

      That’s not true; they trade freely with Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. (which has bases in the Pacific), and I think they trade with other countries without any problems as well. Their chips are shipped all over the world.