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Thoughts?
Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?
TSMC was developed by a Taiwanese citizen to be a “silicon shield” - it’s too valuable for other countries to risk a war.
It’s why trump was trying to cajole TSMC to move 50% production to the US and they were like “nah”
It became an opportunity, and US investors and interests needed to project power around the globe and a means to tie power around the region. It has its days numbered because China is slowly becoming a more capable competitor, but China’s obsession in invading it will not only it but will work towards the interests of other geopolitical powers in and outside the region.
What you claim has also gone the way of USAID when Trump came in: https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3210 It was a soft power technique that put US interests ahead through mutual interests, but Trump doesn’t believe in mutual interests, just winners and losers like most despots.