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I appreciate the good-natured disagreement! Long-term independence and stability of Taiwan is necessary for TSMC to keep existing. It's in its best interest to keep existing. I'm pretty sure the government doesn't need to approve of this sort of thing; VIA got away with it. Further entangling itself with the US would be keeping itself for the most part in Taiwan. "We have drastically better tech than you, and your mi…
Good point, on the last part. But I think the likelihood of an actual invasion of Taiwan is extraordinarily low. There's terrain and weather reasons for why any land invasion would be telegraphed well ahead of time and would be a complete bloodbath for any invading force. What is quite possible imo is an air bombardment as an attempt to force the Taiwanese government into capitulation. This would obviously precipitat…
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#171Agreed on the point that an amphibious invasion of Taiwan could quickly become more chaotic than the PRC wants. I think the PRC's strategy is probably to build up for a naval battle with the US Navy and use a victory to threaten a multi year blockade of Taiwan like the US did with Cuba. If China can secure naval dominance within the second island chain and a corridor across the Indian ocean to the Middle East and Africa they have all the time in the world to leave Taiwan in a pressure cooker.