TSMC is Taiwanese, not Chinese, though. But I agree, avoiding war is obviously almost always the best option. Unless avoiding war equals getting conquered. We

TSMC is Taiwanese, not Chinese, though. But I agree, avoiding war is obviously almost always the best option. Unless avoiding war equals getting conquered. We should not think that the West is the only conscious actor capable of making decisions. That means PRC bears responsibility in this situation as well. One could argue that they are solely responsible of this being a problem in the first place. They could very easily just back off.