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> Own more parts of the tech chip industry it doesn’t already? It would instantly have even more massive leverage internationally. Actually, it would gain Chin
by Maursault 4y ago
> Own more parts of the tech chip industry it doesn’t already? It would instantly have even more massive leverage internationally.
Actually, it would gain China only anything other than this.
If China were to invade Taiwan, the most-advanced chip factory in the world would be rendered “not operable,” TSMC Chair Mark Liu said[1]
And "non operability" might be the least of TSMC's worries.[2]
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/apple-chipmaker-tsmc-warns-taiwan-china-war-would-make-everybody-losers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/apple-chipmaker-tsmc-warns-t...
[2] https://www.phonearena.com/news/if-china-invades-taiwan-us-could-destroy-fabs_id146291 https://www.phonearena.com/news/if-china-invades-taiwan-us-c...
- richardw 4y agoThose are possibilities. The only guarantee world be that China now had Taiwan. The very fact those articles exist prove why China wants Taiwan, which was the question. A week in, china says “ok who wants chips?” And the world world help get everything rolling again, because we need things Taiwan makes in aggregate more than Taiwan does. There are no other options. We also need things China makes.