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That technology is proprietary. With the number of Chinese agents in Taiwan and their familial ties on the mainland, they can buy the subs from us.

They have the money.

That technology is proprietary. With the number of Chinese agents in Taiwan and their familial ties on the mainland, they can buy the subs from us.
They have the money.

Fan said shipbuilding engineers and technicians from Germany and the Netherlands, both of which are noted for their submarine-construction technology and experience, have recognized China Shipbuilding's potential for building submarines on its own during previous visits to the firm.
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The US has agreed to sell Taiwan eight diesel-powered submarines.

How long has it been since the US build a diesel-powered submarine? The 1950s. All our subs are nuclear. The unstated fact in this article is that neither Germany nor the Netherlands will sell submarines to Taiwan because of fear of upsetting the Peoples Republic of China.