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Not an expert, but PRC claims Taiwan, and interestingly the ROC also claims the mainland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan#Political_and_legal_status https

Not an expert, but PRC claims Taiwan, and interestingly the ROC also claims the mainland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan#Political_and_legal_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan#Political_and_legal_sta... So it sorta seems like they both agree on 'One China', but not who should be running it. I do think we need taiwan and TSMC is a big part of it. There is too much cutting edge tech in Taiwan, I think the US would go toe to toe to defend Taiwan if necessary. But we're trying to reduce that dependence by building fabs in the US, so that could change in the next 10 years.

yodsanklai 3y ago
I think there's more than chips there. The US have a very strong military presence in the pacific. Giving up on Taiwan would send the messages to US allies there that they're on their own and that they need to change their allegiance.
- wombat-man 3y ago
  Yeah, that's a good point. I think that's important too. But we have a lot of cutting edge hardware coming out of Taiwan that is important in basically every industry, including defense.
Engineering-MD 3y ago
I’m not an expert either however I believe it is more nuanced. If taiwan no longer claims the rest of China officially, then China will see that as a formal declaration of independence and reason to initiate an invasion. It seems all the words, phrasing etc is very politically sensitive on all sides.
- wombat-man 3y ago
  That does make sense, thanks for the context.
meowfly 3y ago
> So it sorta seems like they both agree on 'One China', but not who should be running it. "ROC claims the mainland" only exists because any change from the status quo would look like declaring independence. It's not taken seriously in Taiwan.
- sgu999 3y ago
  Not only it's not taken seriously, but afaik the political opinions basically range from "closer ties to China" to "closer ties to the rest", with "union" and "official declaration of independence" being at the fringe of both. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_presidential_el...

yodsanklai 3y ago

I think there's more than chips there. The US have a very strong military presence in the pacific. Giving up on Taiwan would send the messages to US allies there that they're on their own and that they need to change their allegiance.

wombat-man 3y ago
Yeah, that's a good point. I think that's important too. But we have a lot of cutting edge hardware coming out of Taiwan that is important in basically every industry, including defense.

Engineering-MD 3y ago

I’m not an expert either however I believe it is more nuanced. If taiwan no longer claims the rest of China officially, then China will see that as a formal declaration of independence and reason to initiate an invasion. It seems all the words, phrasing etc is very politically sensitive on all sides.

wombat-man 3y ago
That does make sense, thanks for the context.

meowfly 3y ago

> So it sorta seems like they both agree on 'One China', but not who should be running it. "ROC claims the mainland" only exists because any change from the status quo would look like declaring independence. It's not taken seriously in Taiwan.

sgu999 3y ago
Not only it's not taken seriously, but afaik the political opinions basically range from "closer ties to China" to "closer ties to the rest", with "union" and "official declaration of independence" being at the fringe of both. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_presidential_el...