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They should have also done Japan or Taiwan or some other countries where it would have survived before attempting the USA.

After all China has a (often strongly expressed) territorial claim to Taiwan (and vice versa, but that is not as well-known).

The percentage of laptops which are already made in China and Taiwan is nearly 100.

Whatever remained of the Chinese intellectual elite also moved to Taiwan with the ROC.

I took a trip to Taiwan and the airbnb places were way better/cheaper than the hotels we stayed at.

As of a few years ago, Taiwan alone was well over 90.

Small anecdote: I was living in Taiwan in 1999 and found an English translation of Pinball, 1973 in a bookshop there.

At the time the Nationalists in Taiwan was still recognized as the legitimate government of China on the world stage, so Mao wanted some vocal support.

Japan, Korea and Taiwan used to be the same way.

I agree, but it would be much easier to sell giving up on the Spratly Islands to the Chinese population than accepting Taiwan as a sovereign state.

The ability to do so gives China a lot of leverage in negotiations with regional or international competitors, just like the US uses the unresolved Taiwan situation as a lever in negotiations with China.

Having a culturally similar alternative model (Hong Kong and Taiwan with different political rules and different economic structures) was crucial in helping China make a smoother transition to sound rather than irrational economic policies than Russia has been able to achieve thus far.

If that were to indeed be the case on a wide scale, that could present some tensions for Facebook’s core product design--and business--over time." The rapid rate of growth of Facebook use in Taiwan, if correctly estimated, is quite astounding.

Guangdong entrepreneurs copied the Hong Kong model of 'Front Shop, Back Factory,' while others set up joint factories together with Hong Kong small business owners." I watched this process occurring in the 1980s, with the later participation of business persons from Taiwan (noted later in the submitted article).

Oddly, Taiwan's gross GDP then was similar to that of Vietnam's now - in the 175 billion range.

Too many or few characters, like you point out as the case for Taiwan, would be the problem.

With Russia bumping against all of europe, and China bumping against Japan/Korea/Taiwan/Vietnam/Malaysia/Indonesia/Phillipines, this is boding ill for global stability.