A lot of the nonsense going on in the world becomes clearer when you know that the US & China are vying for access - via Taiwan - to some kind of super duper micro chips.
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The US went to war with China last October by imposing a range of export restrictions affecting China's ability to access the chips.
Now China suddenly wants Taiwan back.