https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3980268 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3980268 “Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’ makes it the 51st [US] state,” FT quoted

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3980268 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3980268 “Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’ makes it the 51st [US] state,” FT quoted Dan Hutcheson, a chip analyst and chairman of VLSI research, as saying. He stressed the need for the U.S. to protect Taiwan, saying “it can’t afford to lose it to China.”