China has been increasingly aggressive about controlling the microchip industry and emboldened in its aggressive stance towards Taiwan since the U.S. pullout of Afghanistan, and the lack of direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict by the United States.
Controlling the island of Taiwan, which accounts for 92 percent of the production of the world's most advanced semiconductors (below 10nm), would allow China to dominate the global microchip market, but even before China had the chance to dominate the market, a prolonged war with Taiwan would cease microchip production for the duration of the war, causing a global chip shortage.
Martijn Rasser, Senior Fellow from Washington think tank Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) said that, "Semiconductors are the ground zero of the global technology competition. They're in everything that we need to function as a society".
He also said that "by gaining control over Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, China would control the global market. They would have access to the most advanced manufacturing capabilities and that is even more valuable than controlling the world's oil."
In the event that China does invade Taiwan and take control of its microchip industry, and if Russia is successful with its "Special Military Operation" on Ukraine, the two countries could conceivably control the world's microchips and semiconductors, leaving the duo with a global monopoly on electronics devices, including military hardware.
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It's hard to believe Taiwan has the monopoly on this resource, in my opinion. Sure CCP wants this or that, but surprising enough bet USA knows where to get this resource elsewhere as well.
We give China way, way, way, too much power as far as what their capabilities are, in my opinion. Being the Bullies they are does not mean they use good sense in the long term, they are copycats, ruthless in acquiring their gains, but it's not long lasting, IMO!
In my opinion, USA needs to become self sufficient, and isolate for a while, see how everyone does then? Just be silent for a while.
Or stop the dance around issues, get er done or get out of other's
drama's. Focus on making America an awesome place where folks will only get to come to if they behave, do business if they behave, otherwise, forget about it!! We have our own concerns on our own soil due to too much corruption contaminating our Great Nation from interference abroad, and from tainted folks within Government, IMO. Lots of work to be done here first, IMO! It's so embarrassing watching how grown adults are trying to implement an Orwellian System, feel sorry for them, and vote wisely for grown-ups to step up, God to Bless us, prayers answered.
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