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539 points maguay | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 10:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source

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Diog ◴[26 Aug 25 14:37 UTC] No.45027159[source]▶

To be honest, for most Chinese people, the reason we haven't taken action regarding Taiwan is not because of TSMC, but rather our patience with the current will of the Taiwan people. However, this patience has its limits. Even if TSMC has better chips now, China mainland will surpass them next 10 years. You can compare the gap in chip technology between Chinese companies in 2015 and that projected for 2025 to see this trend. As for Intel, we don't really care about it.

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1. budududuroiu ◴[26 Aug 25 21:15 UTC] No.45032432[source]▶

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> this patience has its limits

Without going into the lack of military capabilities to mount the largest amphibious invasion post-WW2 up until recently (debatable), I think you’d be hard pressed to find a group of people in the world that would be excited at the idea of being put under foreign occupation (not dissimilar to the “excitement” the Taiwanese had to be occupied by the Republic of China after WW2).

Regardless, TSMC wouldn’t survive annexation Taiwan being annexed by China in any capacity

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