Email from a King World News reader Charles P: To most, these two events will appear unrelated, but taken together the implications are ominous.
A few thoughts from an “IT” guy (Yours Truly)
1. China has not one, but two of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
1a. By all accounts, they produced these using their own chip technology from their own fab plants
2. The chip sanctions will be nothing more than an annoying “speed bump”. For God’s sake, does anyone think China hadn’t thought about this possibility after seeing what happened to Russia? Based on #1, I am certain China has the capability to quickly replace any supposedly “Irreplaceable chip technology” they were getting from the United States or anywhere else in the West.
And now for the geo-political ramifications:
1. Any remaining trust by any country about the “good intentions” of the United States has just vanished.
2. China will use the upcoming CCP Congress to raise an extended middle finger to the United States and make it clear the Taiwan Issue will soon be settled in China’s favour, and make it pointedly clear the U.S. can do little about it except whine.
3. China and Russia play “The Gold Card”. This will expose the total bankruptcy of the United States and it’s pretty tough fighting a war when no one will loan you any more money to do it. And, as Matthew Piepenburg and Alasdair Macleod and others have hammered home, the Derivatives Implosion now underway is the “nuclear option” that does the same thing as a real nuclear weapon but without the radioactivity.