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Do they believe enough to go fight a war over it? If we assume everyone can make their own hardware at home.
by swarnie 2y ago
Do they believe enough to go fight a war over it?
If we assume everyone can make their own hardware at home.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoAs long as TSMC is the major chip hub.
- corimaith 2y agoTaiwan forms the first Island chain that currently keeps China's navy constrained. Loosing Taiwan is tantamount to accepting Chinese military hegemony in SEA and East Asia. No need to export ideology, it's more like if I put up tariffs against Chinese goods to protect domestic business and then a few PLAN warships park up right next to my trade corridors.
- femto 2y agoSome background: https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/challenges-to-chinese-blue-water-operations/#chinas-maritime-geography https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/challenges-to-c...