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I would imagine that one of the biggest concerns associated with China taking over Taiwan is that China would gain control over some of the most significant sem
by inetsee 6y ago
I would imagine that one of the biggest concerns associated with China taking over Taiwan is that China would gain control over some of the most significant semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world.
- spamizbad 6y agoYeah, but I imagine in such a scenario most of the talent that built that world-class semiconductor manufacturing would be resettled to Western Powers - most likely the United States.
- riku_iki 6y agounless they will be forced to stay after occupation.
- leke 6y agoYep, it's not exactly easy for people in Hong Kong to leave. Some have even been imprisoned trying to flee to Taiwan.
- pivx2bitcoin 6y agoHaving the knowhow to build the fabs, and having the fabs, are two different things. Intel has been struggling for a while with their fabs.
- Invictus0 6y agoWhen your country becomes a warzone and your workplace becomes a pile of rubble, other countries start to look a lot more attractive. If China tried to take Taiwan, I could see them losing a lot of the brains that built those fabs.
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- icelancer 6y agoChina will invade Taiwan, seize their IP, and then approve exit visas for the best scientists/engineers from the conquered country? Seems pretty unlikely.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoSomeone mentioned in an earlier discussion here without sources that the TSMC is rigged to blow in case of such an event.
- djohnston 6y agoI definitely believe Taiwan would rather burn it than see it in the hands of their greatest adversary. Rigged to blow seems silly but I expect they would bomb it to dust.
- ruslan 6y agoBombing is not necessary. Ceasing supplies will turn it into dust in a moment of time, irreversibly. Consider Samsung factories in Texas that are still stalling, caused by quite short electric power outage.
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- 1MachineElf 6y agoCoincidently, I was independently wondering about this too. The same measure is taken for other valuable targets. For example, many major bridges in the US are rigged to self-destruct in the event of capture during land invasion. You won't find much information about this online. All I can say is, there's a reason why many jobs at the US DOT require a security clearance. If you want to read up on another real world example of this, here's an article about how Switzerland implemented this: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/designed-for-demolition-why-the-swiss-rigged-critical-infrastructure-to-explode/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/designed-for-demoliti... There is an interesting theory by Dimitry Khalezov concerning 9/11. He states that this was also done for the NYC World Trade Center and the Chicago Sears Tower. He claims the event occured because a bad actor gained control of this demolition system for the WTC, and that the planes were part of a cover story. It's an interesting explanation. Check it out if you're interested: https://youtu.be/IU7KRHOdnuo https://youtu.be/IU7KRHOdnuo
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- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoThat's secondary to me imo. Primarily it would be a bloody conflict with significant loss of life. If China is victorious they would gain control over dirt that the world's best electronics industry used to exist on top of. The whole world loses.
- riku_iki 6y ago> Primarily it would be a bloody conflict with significant loss of life. or after initial action, US will refuse actively engage, and Taiwanese government surrender to safe own people lives.
- baby 6y agoI think this is negligible compared to the “era” that it would start. Taiwan is seen as a more westernized country and an attack on Taiwan would start a cold war-like era with China and the western world.