Summary

Taiwan’s government is closely monitoring reports that SpaceX has requested its Taiwanese suppliers to relocate manufacturing to countries like Vietnam and Thailand due to “geopolitical” concerns, specifically potential conflict with China.

Taiwan’s Economic Affairs Minister JW Kuo expressed confidence in Taiwan’s resilient supply chain but acknowledged the situation.

The request has sparked anger in Taiwan, with some accusing Musk of being ungrateful for local suppliers. The incident has also garnered attention in China, with some praising Musk’s foresight regarding China’s unification goals.

  • fluxion@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Why look elsewhere when we have perfectly healthy children that could fill in some of the gaps?

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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      14 days ago

      Or prisoners. Just might need to conveniently jail a lot of dissidents soon.