China has dominated this since the start it seems. Now they want Taiwan for TSMC. Could be more tension. U.S. businesses have their own conflicted views since the Nixon adm. Many here were critical of 3 gorges before it was built and seem to hope that an earthquake would hit it. If U.S. internal conflicts were resolved would things go smoother? Whose pocketbooks are being threatened?
PRC currently has a "cash crisis" from junk bond sales. Their real estate market is in crisis mode. When apartment rent is more than everyone's salary...it's a problem. (Especially in communist societies where everyone makes the same salary)
People have to choose between having children or home ownership (of a condo...not a single family house)
The bond crisis has caused a cash crisis as payments aren't made which is why they want Taiwan back. PRC already began confiscating banks and their assets in Hong Kong to fix the problem short term....causing havoc with foreign investors.
Taiwan has more foreign investment dollars than most nations. From Austria and Australia to Zimbabwe and New Zealand just about every nation has made investment in Taiwan in some capacity for electronics and semiconductors.
The manufacturing process for a high cash flow business like silicon wafer manufacturing is controlled by companies who make the highly complicated machines that produce the wafers. These companies ALL reside in the USA...which currently are embargoed from selling these machines to PRC.
PRC does produce the silicon but the profits from the silicon is low dollar stuff by comparison with finished silicon wafers.
And every major electronics company has facilities in Taiwan....from Micron technologies (based in Boise ID) to Sony (Japan) even European chipmakers have facilities in Taiwan. If PRC conquers Taiwan basically they will be trying to rob the entire planet. (Not gonna get away with that)
