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granted, there is this "us vs them" mentality, but prior to the whole Xi/nationalist thing, weren't a lot of chip engineers going back and forth, employment-wis
by caycep 4y ago
granted, there is this "us vs them" mentality, but prior to the whole Xi/nationalist thing, weren't a lot of chip engineers going back and forth, employment-wise, between TSMC, SMIC, and other mainland companies?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> prior to the whole Xi/nationalist thing, weren't a lot of chip engineers going back and forth, employment-wise, between TSMC, SMIC, and other mainland companies Yes. A free-trade agreement was being negotiated [1]. And the fraction of Taiwanese who identify has both Taiwanese and Chinese has quartered since Xi came to power [2]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-china/taiwan-china-aim-to-sign-fta-like-deal-in-2010-idUSTP34984320090713 https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-china/taiwan-china-ai... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Taiwanese_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Taiwanese_i...