Apparently we don't like foreigners... Lol...

[Grant H.]

Taiwan is a long way from “basically China”. China has *zero* sway there. It’s among the freest countries you can find, particularly in East Asia. Been to both?

I have been to both, and while I agree that their sway isn't great, or real publicly felt, it does exist. Our customer has to do with preventing that sway and such, and they are noticeably worried about the posturing and actions from China, especially post Hong Kong.

That said, TWN as a country is fine with a level of surveillance and people tracking that most US citizens wouldn't like.

Yup PRC (China) and ROC (Taiwan) to me is a different country and should be a different country.
I've learned world geography as a different country too.

It should be, but China doesn't agree. Satellite imagery has found where China has built full scale versions of the TWN Presidential compound, and other important .gov buildings, in the Mongolian area. The imagery reminds me of the shoot houses on US .mil bases that I have seen.

One thing that is getting tracked really closely by my company, our US .gov resources, and the TWN .gov resources is the possibility that China might invade pending US election results.