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> that'd be one less reason to invade China has cared about Taiwan for longer than semiconductors have been in existence. Whatever reasons China has, semicondu

> that'd be one less reason to invade China has cared about Taiwan for longer than semiconductors have been in existence. Whatever reasons China has, semiconductors is not one of them. Furthermore China prefers peaceful solutions where it can, so as long as China believes it can build its own advanced semiconductor industry it won't use military means to do so.

mantas 5y ago
It's about making war too costly to China. Not about preventing China from taking control of TSMC. Destruction of TSMC would make such conflict very very inconvenient for large part of the world. And China wouldn't want to upset literally everybody. It's probably close to usage of a strategic nuclear weapon.
tromp 5y ago
> as long as China believes it can build its own advanced semiconductor industry Gaining control of TSMC will vastly accelerate this process, which makes this one big additional reason China has to invade. Look at Hong Kong. Is China patiently waiting out the agreed upon 50 year period to assert their eventual control?
- FooBarWidget 5y ago
  > Gaining control of TSMC will vastly accelerate this process, which makes this one big additional reason China has to invade. TSMC requires EUV. China is already banned from acquiring EUV so TSMC would be dead on arrival even without plans to blow it up.
m000 5y ago
Agreed. For China TSMC will surely be a great bonus if they get it with the territory, but it is West that probably cares more about their services. Also, a strategic timing of an invasion and the threatened TSMC destruction may even boost the Chinese semiconductor industry: In a post-TSMC world, their less-advanced chips will suddenly be selling like hotcakes.
thow-58d4e8b 5y ago
> Furthermore China prefers peaceful solutions where it can In this case, the blind spot of western liberalism - demography. Taiwanese fertility rates are below 1.3 for nearly two decades now, some years even dipping below 1. All China has to do is wait for 30 years - half of the island's population will perish of old age by then, the remaining 2/3 will be retirees
- KineticLensman 5y ago
  > All China has to do is wait for 30 years - half of the island's population will perish of old age by then, the remaining 2/3 will be retirees So, like China itself, which is aging faster than almost all other countries in modern history [0]. In 30 years (~ 2050), the proportion of Chinese over retirement age will become 39 percent of the total population. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_China
- arroz 5y ago
  This is a modern life issue, not western liberalism. Russia, China, and many other non western countries non liberal countries suffer from the same issue, many times in a worse scale

mantas 5y ago

It's about making war too costly to China. Not about preventing China from taking control of TSMC. Destruction of TSMC would make such conflict very very inconvenient for large part of the world. And China wouldn't want to upset literally everybody. It's probably close to usage of a strategic nuclear weapon.

tromp 5y ago

> as long as China believes it can build its own advanced semiconductor industry Gaining control of TSMC will vastly accelerate this process, which makes this one big additional reason China has to invade. Look at Hong Kong. Is China patiently waiting out the agreed upon 50 year period to assert their eventual control?

FooBarWidget 5y ago
> Gaining control of TSMC will vastly accelerate this process, which makes this one big additional reason China has to invade. TSMC requires EUV. China is already banned from acquiring EUV so TSMC would be dead on arrival even without plans to blow it up.

m000 5y ago

Agreed. For China TSMC will surely be a great bonus if they get it with the territory, but it is West that probably cares more about their services. Also, a strategic timing of an invasion and the threatened TSMC destruction may even boost the Chinese semiconductor industry: In a post-TSMC world, their less-advanced chips will suddenly be selling like hotcakes.

thow-58d4e8b 5y ago

> Furthermore China prefers peaceful solutions where it can In this case, the blind spot of western liberalism - demography. Taiwanese fertility rates are below 1.3 for nearly two decades now, some years even dipping below 1. All China has to do is wait for 30 years - half of the island's population will perish of old age by then, the remaining 2/3 will be retirees

KineticLensman 5y ago
> All China has to do is wait for 30 years - half of the island's population will perish of old age by then, the remaining 2/3 will be retirees So, like China itself, which is aging faster than almost all other countries in modern history [0]. In 30 years (~ 2050), the proportion of Chinese over retirement age will become 39 percent of the total population. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_China
arroz 5y ago
This is a modern life issue, not western liberalism. Russia, China, and many other non western countries non liberal countries suffer from the same issue, many times in a worse scale