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  The day China is able to make semiconductors at the same feature size as TSMC, making Taiwan redundant is the day they are going to invade. China recently filed a patent for a machine that can do EUV making them able to create chips with 7nm feature size and below.
  It will take a few years for the production to scale up but i think they will be able to surpass Taiwan in about 7-8 years and full scale production in about 10. With TSMC building fabs in USA and perhaps even Europe it might take shorter time for this to happen. I think the US knows that Taiwan might get invaded, which would cripple their industry and pressured TSMC to build cutting edge fabs in the US. At least the US and Euro fabs would be able to fund the Taiwanese war effort wile the war is raging in the home country.
context: That, title, hurts, my, brain >
  
  Same here, brain, hurting, after reading, title. >
  
  Doesnt india also dislike china? >
  
  While having a conflict with China over their shared border, India hedges on the geopolitical side to not put all their eggs into 1 basket.  China is India's largest trading partner, while at the same time India is part of the Quad. >
  
  Bro the world is like oprah right now.
  You get a war! You get a war! You get a war! >
  
  No one's dishing out wars except the assholes who are okay with invading others. >
  
  U.S is still beefing up to counter China's expansion in Asia and Taiwan, Australia and Japan are going to have to be apart of that. U.S needs to beef up its support for our allies in the Pacific. >
  
  They're not allies, they're client states. >
  
  I wonder how many years till conservatives are railing against aid to Taiwan and supporting Chinese aggression. You may say it'll never happen but they went from cold warriors to Russophiles in 4 years flat so... >
  
  I think it’s not so much the country in particular but a lot of people wanna keep U.S. money in U.S. soil. I voted for Biden and I do not support this war, I’m anti war tho. I’m cool with throwing them whatever garbage it would cost us money to dispose of that we aren’t using anyway but we have more important issues at home like our citizens being afraid to go to the doctor because our healthcare. I realize not helping Ukraine won’t change that but I feel we are prolonging this war by giving them money. Im gonna sit the next election out because I can’t vote repub but I also can’t support giving foreigners money while we struggle. Also gonna write off every penny possible in taxes so they don’t go over over seas. >
  
  850 billion defense budget (give or take a few billion) isn't enough. When will it ever be enough? >
  
  As my toddler would say, I want one trillion dollars…lol >
  
  The WSJ is a conservative Republican propaganda machine owned/controlled by Rupert 1% Murdoch. Take everything they say with a huge grain of salt especially when there are Democrats in power in D.C.
  POTUS Biden has America investing everywhere China has made inroads, mainly where China spread their belt and road initiatives. America is investing in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, and everywhere We find allies. One of the selling points is "How's your investments with China working for your Country, and would you rather do business with America?" >
  
  This is actually the type of mentality we went through with Republicans and their fake news claim simply because we don’t align with their politics. 
  All news sources should be taken with a grain of salt. 
  At the heart of the matter is that the US should have given grants to Taiwan rather than loans. You’re suppose to be preparing for the next war and not the past war. It is clear US military aid to Ukraine over the last 8 years has achieved great success. The same should be true for Taiwan. Taiwan is in fact one of the few countries that needs to pay for military aid where as other countries in contested areas are given grants >
  
  Loan holders always have the option later to cancel them.
  Taking a loan now is probably more possible than a grant. Maybe in 2-6 years if the US gets more sane people in govt seats they can go ahead and cancel the loan, effectively turning it into a grant (or give them a hilariously long interest holiday) >
  
  Obviously war is bad but isn't Russia and china just spoon feeding the American economy? >
  
  Definitely making our defense contractors a lot of money. Russia has basically become a whetstone for them I'd imagine. >
  
  Taiwan, Trying to Fend Off, Commas. >
  
  War is not the answer >
  
  Depends on the question.