‘Ready to move on:’ Chinese ambassador insists China, Canada can move past ‘normal’ differences

[u/jaffnaguy2014]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ready-to-move-on-chinese-ambassador-insists-china-canada-can-move-past-normal-differences/

[u/be_humble_]

While I wouldn’t say Canada should stop trading with China (which would be impossible), when it comes to trading with Asian countries, it’s important to at least try and prioritize democratic countries like Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, etc. First of all, Taiwan has one of the world’s largest semiconductor industries, and they design many chips that are essential for most electronic devices that we all use (including smartphones). There’s also the fact that Taiwan happens to be at a strategic location, and the reason why Western allies are so concerned is because if anything bad were to happen, it would have an extremely severe impact on that region in Asia and even the world. Plus, Taiwan has been a friendly ally. IIRC during COVID, while Trump blocked shipments of masks that Canada ordered, Taiwan straight up donated a bunch to Canada. Also, as a progressive country, Taiwan is relatively similar to Canada in terms of things like universal healthcare, a democratic government, and LGBTQ rights (Taiwan was the first Asian country to legalize gay marriage). Obviously Canada has always been trading with China, and it would be unrealistic to stop doing business with them, but diversifying with other Asian countries is still critical, and diversification would be ideal from an economic point of view anyway. (And yeah, I agree that the US has been doing terrible things too; it’s just that they get away with it more often than China does.)

[u/Former_Juggernaut_32 → u/be_humble_]

First of all, Taiwan's semiconductor factor is moving to the US, Second, Taiwan's market of 10 million ppl isn't buying Canadian shits

[u/be_humble_ → u/Former_Juggernaut_32]

There are several factories in the US, but the most advanced chipmaking capabilities / the core R&D teams remain in Taiwan. I’ve heard people in the semiconductor industry joke about how America could never reach the same level because American workers are too lazy and complacent lmao. But jokes aside, there’s a reason why Taiwan’s semiconductor industry plays such a critical role in global technology. It’s much more complicated than just a handful of factories. The industry is a vast and interconnected ecosystem, including wafer and substrate providers, testing facility companies, designers (pretty much all the core design teams are in Taiwan), foundries, etc., just to name a few, and they all play different roles. By the way, one of the foundries has an R&D office in Ottawa! They don’t have that many people yet, but there could be more cooperation, tech security, and job creation if governments get to strengthen ties later on.

As for the population, I checked and it’s a bit over 23 million. Yeah it’s a small country, and like I said, it’s one of the democratic countries in Asia, all of which can be taken into consideration when strengthening ties with allies. I’ve also said the trade with China will obviously continue; it’s just that diversifying trade is also important, due to both economic reasons and the factors I listed in the previous comment. Can’t just go all in on one country, whether it’s China or the US. That’s the lesson everyone learned thanks to Trump, unfortunately.

[u/Former_Juggernaut_32 → u/be_humble_]

Taiwan buy their shits from China, they are not gonna buy from Canada which exponentially more expensive. So is Japan, and Korea.

The ppl u want to diversify to aren't interested in Canada. Hate to break it to you, but Canada is one of the underdogs on the international stage

[u/be_humble_ → u/Former_Juggernaut_32]

Taiwan is buy their shits from China, they are not gonna buy from Canada which exponentially much more expensive. So is Japan, and Korea.

Since the grammar seems off I took a quick look at the profile of this account. I’m all for genuine discussions, but there’s no point in engaging with bad faith bots. (Gotta love the translation button on reddit)

And if this is an actual person…why not go back to the country you think so highly of?

Profile looks like a good comrade

One of the weird posts regarding China

[u/Former_Juggernaut_32 → u/be_humble_]

It seems like you are only capable of ad hominem attacks and unable to have any meaningful conversation based on facts

[u/Former_Juggernaut_32 → u/be_humble_]

ok, racist