We hold a scalpel sharp sword over the neck of PRC. If China should disappear it would mean shortages in the USA and scrambling to restore consumer goods - not a minor lowering in the standard of living.
China imports a humungous amount of grain from the USA and Canada. Without which many hundreds of millions of Chinese would starve. Pile that atop almost a billion workers thrown out of work (collateral effect) and China's leadership exits stage left - violently. Civil war would be an absolute certainty. Manchirians hate the Cantonese a hundred times more imtensely than the Serbs hate the Croats. Tito, kept them repressed. So it is with the Politburo and Central Committee. PRC covets Taiwan not simply because the island is a "just department" PRC covets it for it's Technology, and human resources.
The Megawatt is an intersting case study. The basic design is Taiwanese. Componenes are Malaysian. Transformers are Taiwanese. The case, fan and inert hardware are Chinese but the circuit board and assembly of unit is done in the Lone Star State.
Honesty is to me a significant attribute. The manufacturer of the gizmo inverter revealed intimate details for nerds as only a nerd could justify. This impresses me. Taiwan transformers are some of the best in the world and only a rash individual would discount the expertise of Siemens electronics and electricals. i.e. this gizmo is not Chinese junk. It does have mighty strange quirks and features but it is for off grid use. Did you note the charger pf correction? The 12 volt unit has a manipulable charger control circuit. Not even my Trace has that. Trace bent to please wog customers who couldn't bear setting down a Budweiser and missing a rerun of Dukes of Hazzard.
