china-taiwan and limits of state action

[Richard Crisp]

I think the attacks are far more likely to be launched by the Mainland folks
against the Taiwanese rather than the other way around. The mainlanders want
to destabilize Taiwan. Taiwan likes a stable mainland, because so many
Taiwanese companies have set up manufacturing facilities in the mainland to
exploit the cheap labor. Most if not all of the PC infrastructure companies do
the bulk of their manufacturing and or assembly in the mainland because labor
is so cheap. It is not in in the business interest of Taiwan to destabilize
the mainland. On the other hand, the mainland wants Taiwan to re-join them, so
if they can weaken them they feel they are more likely to be successful.
rdc


petro wrote:

> >Recently a friend asked me what my opinion was as a "computer guy" about
> >the China-Taiwan "cyber warfare." At first it seemed that there wasn't
> >much to say, except maybe to point out that this seems to be a ways away
> >from Schwartau's info-war.
> >
> >One thing has started to bother me a bit, though. How does mainland China
> >distinguish an attack by the Taiwanese state from an attack launched by
> >private Taiwainese citizens? Do they even *care*, since they have such
> >poor relations with Taiwan anyway?
>
>         Given the nature of China's society and government, I don't
> think they'd even understand the question you are asking.
>
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