TSMC is a reason Taiwan hasn't been invaded. Not just as a company based in Taiwan, it's also a strategic asset. Taiwan would sabotage the company to deny it to the Chinese and the resulting worldwide chip shortage would turn public ire against China.
Taiwan is rightfully unsure just how committed the US is to responding to Taiwan should China attack
Which is why they're looking to Japan, SK and the Philipines rather than the US.
Polymatter did a video and I'm once again linking this, because it's always relevant.
TSMC is a reason Taiwan hasn't been invaded. Not just as a company based in Taiwan, it's also a strategic asset. Taiwan would sabotage the company to deny it to the Chinese and the resulting worldwide chip shortage would turn public ire against China.
Which is why they're looking to Japan, SK and the Philipines rather than the US.
Polymatter did a video and I'm once again linking this, because it's always relevant.
that image is nice, and probably true, but it neglects taiwan's biggest threat:
the fifth column.