Geopolitically I'm most worried about Taiwan. China's interests are not at all related to TSMC there, but so, so, so much of the US' economy (and the west in general) is either directly or indirectly reliant on TSMC that it's honestly hard to fully grasp. It gets worse when you factor in all the manufacturing done in China, Vietnam, Mala…
Geopolitically I'm most worried about Taiwan. China's interests are not at all related to TSMC there, but so, so, so much of the US' economy (and the west in general) is either directly or indirectly reliant on TSMC that it's honestly hard to fully grasp. It gets worse when you factor in all the manufacturing done in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the rest of the region that could become inaccessible in a conflict.
A war over Taiwan, or even an uncontested annexation by China, could result in an economic decline that makes the 2008 financial crash look like the good years.
Geopolitically I'm most worried about Taiwan. China's interests are not at all related to TSMC there, but so, so, so much of the US' economy (and the west in general) is either directly or indirectly reliant on TSMC that it's honestly hard to fully grasp. It gets worse when you factor in all the manufacturing done in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the rest of the region that could become inaccessible in a conflict.
A war over Taiwan, or even an uncontested annexation by China, could result in an economic decline that makes the 2008 financial crash look like the good years.
Yes. It would be worse than somebody invading Chile before the Haber process was invented. If Taiwan is abandoned the world economy implodes overnight
Yeah, he'll probably blame Taiwan for demolishing their factories and fabs so the PRC can't have them if and when they invade the island.