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    Taiwan Foreign Minister rebukes suggestion to blow up TSMC in the event of a Chinese invasion: Other countries will not be allowed to decide the fate of TSMC


    Taiwan Foreign Minister rebukes suggestion to blow up TSMC in the event of a Chinese invasion: Other countries will not be allowed to decide the fate of TSMC

    Posted by animealt46

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    1. animealt46 on

      Crossposting from the computer hardware sub since geopolitics talk is probably better here than there.

    3. puukkeriro on

      My guess is that the moment China declares a blockade and potential invasion if Taiwan doesn’t concede to its demands for reunification, the Taiwanese government will fold and begin immediate talks. They won’t have to worry about TSMC getting bombed or destroyed.

    4. sponsoredcommenter on

      For the 1 trillionth time, China v Taiwan has nothing to do with advanced chips. China has been hellbent about this since before the microprocessor was even invented.

      Secondly, the value of TMSC is not within a factory building that lies on a major faultline. It’s in the institutional knowledge TMSC has carefully curated over generations. That cannot be “captured” or “blown up”.

    5. altacan on

      TSMC is far more of an US concern than China’s. At the end of the day the CCP cares alot more about the Taiwan issue than the US State Department. Before the power differential was enough that even 10% of the US’s attention was enough to serve as a deterrence, but will the US be willing to put in the additional effort and resources now?

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