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Chinese reunification with Taiwan to devastate US, Commerce Sec. says
(english.almayadeen.net)
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I mean if they were smart enough to realize they're just pawns they wouldn't be in the position they're in.
I can’t say I agree with this. Smart or stupid has little do with it. The RoC had their teeth kicked in by the PLA and were forced to become a protectorate of the capitalist hegemon or face the People’s justice.
The fact that they have managed to position themselves as an indispensable producer in the global supply chain has served them really well so far, and I don’t think they’re unaware of it.
The US pushing for a tech transfer is a massive threat to their security, and I’m sure it’s not happening without enormous pressure and not a little push back. I’m certain that the difficulties faced by the new projects are at least in part deliberate on the part of the Taiwanese.
I very much agree, and I think that TSMC is intentionally sabotaging the effort to build fabs in US because they realize that they won't be needed once US has domestic fabs and trained personnel to operate them.
I wonder if they’re getting help from the PRC to do this since it’s in both of their interests to keep production in china. Reminds me of this anecdote I read about the KGB working with the CIA post dissolution to protect nuclear storages from the mob
I don't think they really need any help there. It's basically just a case of TSMC dragging their feet on everything. Amusingly, US incompetence is probably the most help here. From what I've read, the fab projects are all running massively over budget, there's lack of skilled workers, etc.