Taiwan Earthquake

[mindlessobserver]

China would have had no way to predict it. That said however, April is in the invasion window, so they could conceivably do it if they had prepared ahead of time, even if only for a drill.

 

[PonderosaPete]

Wouldn't have happened if they accepted the One China proclamation.

 

[Meat Target]

China would have had no way to predict it. That said however, April is in the invasion window, so they could conceivably do it if they had prepared ahead of time, even if only for a drill.

Biden and Pooh Bear just had a phone call the other day. Wonder if the old man's just gonna let him take it, treaties be damned.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

China using this to invade will be beyond scummy

 

[Thomas Talus]

Can anyone imagine being in the upper floors of this building?

At least the building looks to have maintained its structure instead of collapsing completely like a mainland building.

 

[SIMIΔN]

Most of the damage was confined to Hualien, the furthest city from Mainland China.
Unless Japan spontaneously decides to invade, Taiwan is no more at risk than usual.

 

[deepFriedBaka]

Holy crap, that was a strong earthquake. Really puts in perspective how little power humanity has compared to the Earth.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan back in 2011 released much, much more energy than Hiroshima did.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Taiwan now seems defenseless if China invades.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

Holy shit that is one awful ass earthquake, small power level I lived trough a pretty bad earthquake myself but it was nothing compared to the videos I'm seeing of this situation. Its honestly impressive the destruction nature can sometimes cause.
I don't think China is retarded/scummy enough to attempt an outright invasion on Taiwan,

 

[FILTH Tourist]

That was my first thought, but I don't think this will kickstart the Chinese invasion. Naval landings take months (years) of planning, and troops/equipment/vehicles need to be prepared well in advance for an assault.

If the PRC were to invade Taiwan tomorrow, it's either the most fortunate eve of attack in history, or a rushed job.

Well tomorrow is a holiday. But locals don't seem too stressed about it.

Taiwan now seems defenseless if China invades.

Just because a few buildings clapsed in Taipei doesn't mean that all their costal defences and airforce is useless too.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Holy shit that is one awful ass earthquake, small power level I lived trough a pretty bad earthquake myself but it was nothing compared to the videos I'm seeing of this situation. Its honestly impressive the destruction nature can sometimes cause.
I don't think China is retarded/scummy enough to attempt an outright invasion on Taiwan,

I also experienced an earthquake, it was in Japan and was powerful enough to make some rides closed off for maintenance.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

Taipei schools closed today. Also my friend in Taipei said that the MRT lines are damaged too.

 

[CorvidFag]

Can anyone imagine being in the upper floors of this building?

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I didn’t realize that the emergency alert beep had been standardized outside of the states.

 

[geckogoy]

China would have had no way to predict it. That said however, April is in the invasion window, so they could conceivably do it if they had prepared ahead of time, even if only for a drill.

What about underground nuclear test for the memes

That borehole they were digging was actually a serpentine drill to taiwan its all connected

 

[bile demon]

How on earth does Pat have enough money left for a trip to Taiwan after paying quasi over 80 grand?!

 

[The Punished Mitch]

How on earth does Pat have enough money left for a trip to Taiwan after paying quasi over 80 grand?!

I did not pay Quasi a single solitary cent, child. My wife did. Enjoy prison.

 

[Male Idiot]

They think it was China, but this was the wrath of Pepe for overpricing video game cards! Gamers rise up!

 

[generic sauce]

China using this to invade will be beyond scummy

Wars aren't won by being fair.

 

[Slav Power]

My main two worries here:
1) How badly has this earthquake affected the TSMC fab?
2) If China actually invades Taiwan during this, boy will there be a massive shitfest around TSMC, and the fact that the entire West relies on it, and has all their design docs there. Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple, absolutely every single semiconductor manufacturer relies on TSMC to make their shit, and the consequences of TSMC going out of order/getting taken over by China are incomprehensible.

 

[trash cat]

1) How badly has this earthquake affected the TSMC fab?

That's exactly what I'm thinking too, given that they produce 50% of the world's microchips overall.

And TSMC produce pretty much all of Nvidia's advanced gpu chips.



/sarcasm/
Let's take a moment to give thanks for foreign government semiconductor subsidies and the elimination of US and European protective tariffs, for the steady march of chip manufacturing to Asia.