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It’s probably going to be dependent on how Gen Z or Gen Alpha goes. At some point, the woke and populist millennials who hate each other will replace the previous complacent Gen in politics and business. If the Gen after the millennials are just as divided as them by the time the millennials assume power. Then the rift will likely continue to grow alongside tensions.
Taiwan actually not getting ripped off this time.
Recent Harpoon sales is usually 10 million per and AIM-9X 1.5m
Unfortunately...
Total F-16 > 100
Therefore about 0.5 Harpoons per F-16 and 1 AIM-9X on a good day.
Even a single harpoon and sidewinder is dangerous if launched. China must ensure that most, if not all of them be destroyed in storage or on board their carriers if a war starts. The situation in Ukraine have shown that DPP may just be crazy enough to target civilian targets across the strait with them.
If ROCAF is launching F-16 with an asymmetrical loadout of 1 AIM-9X per aircraft, things are really bad for them.
It's rich for Mahathir to say that after Malaysia gave Nancy Pelosi an official visit. She later flew directly from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei after an audience with the Malaysian PM. Even US ally, South Korean didn't bestowed Nancy such privileges.
As always, Mahathir speaks with forked tongue, he is up to his old game of playing one against another. Rest of ASEAN governments are already having far more amiable relationships with China. Mahathir himself poisoned Malaysia relationship with China by cancelling all major Chinese contracts during his brief comeback a few years ago accusing China of colonialism. The fast rail service from China to Singapore was doomed by him.
Xiaomi invests in another semiconductor company
Hangzhou Ainuo Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and has added a new shareholder, Hubei Xiaomi Changjiang Industrial Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership). It is reported that Aino Semiconductor is committed to the research and development of industrial-grade power chips and SiPs, and is inspired to fill the gaps in domestic industrial-grade power chips and SiP products, serving mid-to-high-end fields such as communications, industry, automobiles, and data centers.