Eyck Freymann

Try Taipei, right?

Taiwan is a wealthy, sophisticated democracy with tens of millions of people.

There's 800,000 foreigners there right now, including tens of thousands of Americans.

We've got thousands of Brits, of Japanese, of Germans, of Australians, and so on.

How do you get all those people out?

If I'm China, I want to put the squeeze on to see if the Americans yank their people.

Because once the foreigners try to pull out their citizens, what does that message say to the people of Taiwan?

You're on your own.

You're on your own.

I think a blockade is not plan A. I think blockade is plan B.

for a couple of reasons.

First of all, according to the Taiwan Relations Act, if the president wants to abandon Taiwan, the president's going to abandon Taiwan.

But according to the Taiwan Relations Act, and probably 80% of Congress, a blockade of Taiwan is tantamount to an invasion.

For the reason that China's trying now to get the

TSMC chip-making facilities, and they're declaring war against the people of Taiwan, the civilians of Taiwan.

A blockade means no food, no fuel, nothing in or out.

And that, I think, creates such a humanitarian emergency that it's just such an appalling thing.

It's true.

But

Taiwan, among other things, is the epicenter of the AI revolution.