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It's an internet meme that some goof at US Army War College picked up on and wrote a paper suggesting TW should blow up their own fabs to deter PRC invasion. Wh
by dirtyid 4y ago
It's an internet meme that some goof at US Army War College picked up on and wrote a paper suggesting TW should blow up their own fabs to deter PRC invasion. Which is dummy take since for PRC, TW is a political problem and US can always strangle fab operations via supply chain sanctions. TW media saw this as serious traction and pushed some articles basically saying "leave TSMC alone". TW, at least TW leadership won't blow up TSMC for the simple reason that it'll destroy US advanced economy, and if they ever want a safe ride off the island to retire in US, it would be in everyones interest the fabs stay untouched.
- kgwgk 4y ago> for PRC, TW is a political problem That’s surely the reason for their political exercises in the region these days.
- swores 4y agoDoes anyone not think those exercises were designed to send a political message, specifically in response to US politicians visiting Taiwan? Yes they were military exercises, but quite blatantly it wasn't China actually needing to do any testing or training of their military, except using it to send a political message (both domestically and internationally). (Which isn't my giving an opinion on the likelihood or not of China ever using military force against Taiwan, just a response to your ridiculing the idea that recent actions weren't political).