318 sats \ 5 replies \ @uco 2 Aug 2022 \ on: Hi, from Taiwan... bitcoin
Curious, what is the general vibe for citizens living in Taiwan?
- Apprehension
- Couldn't care less
- Why is Pelosi coming to Taiwan?
Thanks for providing any insights from being on the ground.
Mostly the later two.
People here have lived with the threat of the PRC since 1949. It's a daily constant thing. Most people just throw up their hands and say "What can you do, we need to live our lives". So this is just another day in that way.
There is a group that doesn't really care and still more than that have no clue why she is coming.
Two other groups are ones that fully support her visiting and another that want America/China to stop using Taiwan as a pawn. That last one is vocal but seems to be a vast minority.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!
I assumed there would be a group upset with US (and China) using Taiwan as a pawn but thought it might be bigger than just a vocal minority.
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It's very small, probably about the same size as the one who is anti China. There are groups for everything here.
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Taiwan is a huge investor into mainland China, but how much investment by CCP into Taiwan has there been? It used to be very, very strict about not letting any mainlanders into Taiwan, has that changed?
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Very little to none. The PRC, economically speaking, doesn’t need Taiwan. Plus the regulations you stated forbidding them to invest in TW.
Taiwanese invested in the mainland because it was easy and what they know. Mostly it’s manufacturing and mostly it’s a legacy form the 90s/early 00s. It’s not done as much now, at least at the same scale.
The culture and the language + traditions bind the two countries so naturally investments follow. But they are much less than they used to be.
Japan has become a bigger partner for investment for Taiwan as has Southeast Asia, mostly Malaysia.
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