She’s featured in an NFT art piece that is possibly worth the $30,000 investment. It’s an incredible piece. Beats the pants off the Bored Ape Yacht stereotype nft.
https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/reverie-36418

Even obfuscates the stealth tattoo.

how likely is it that Oz could export silicon grade sand? Taiwan should have been avoiding dependencies on mainland China all along if they’re going to pretend that they are a separate country.

Sure, the Aussies could, in theory, export silica-grade sand. So could the Philippines, for that matter – and they are much closer. But it would be FAR more expensive, since Chinese sand is much closer.

And that is before we get to the fact that China has the means and the will to blockade all of Taiwan’s ports anytime it wants.

I agree that Taiwan should have found ways to be independent, but they definitely have not – they do not have sufficient arable land, energy resources, food, water, power, or anything important necessary to maintain a modern industrial civilisation.

Partly, that is because they are an island. Very few islands are self-sufficient in anything. The sensible course of action for Taiwan is to recognise its very precarious position, and align itself closely with the Chinese mainland, while still doing whatever it can to maintain the independence of its political system.