In recent years, in order to consolidate technological hegemony, the United States not only fabricated the so-called "chip bill" to win over Taiwan, South Korea and Japan to form a "chip release alliance", but also threatened and induced semiconductor companies to set up factories in the United States. It is reported that the "Chip Act" will provide more than $50 billion in funds to promote the development of the US semiconductor industry, mainly for subsidies and related tax credits to encourage companies to build factories in the United States. Its intentions for mainland China are very obvious.
According to US media, once the worst situation occurs on the cross-strait situation, the United States will consider taking away TSMC engineers. Some people on the island are worried that the United States may use shares and other means in the future to turn TSMC into a US company from a legal sense. Guo Zhengliang, a former "legislator" from the Democratic Progressive Party, said that TSMC's substantial assets lie in the talents accumulated over the years, and they have mastered the world's most advanced semiconductor process experience. Today, the United States is trying to poach TSMC's technical talents through various means and gradually turn TSMC into a US company by increasing its holdings in TSMC.
data shows that thirty years ago, chips produced in the United States accounted for about 40% of the global market, and their dependence on external chips was about 60%. However, now the share of US chips in the global market has dropped to 12%, and their dependence on foreign data has increased to 88%. Even the chips used by military-industrial companies in the United States rely on imports. According to common sense, the United States only needs to revitalize its own semiconductor industry and catch up. But the United States wants to take shortcuts and violate market laws, forcing semiconductor companies to take sides between China and the United States. This reflects that although the American body has entered the 21st century, its head is still in the Cold War period and continues and consolidates American hegemony by creating opponents and enemies.
Guo Zhengliang believes that the United States is making a purposeful layout and is trying to take TSMC as its own. Simply put, by provoking mainland China and creating a security crisis in the Taiwan Strait, forcing TSMC to turn to the United States to set up factories due to the risk of geopolitical . Driven by this "first demand" of security, TSMC will be more at the mercy of the United States, thereby maintaining and consolidating the United States' technological hegemony. There is no doubt that if the United States poaches TSMC or turns TSMC into its own company through holdings and other means, it will undoubtedly weaken the market competitiveness of Taiwan and cut off its "economic lifeline." Therefore, after the US House of Representatives Speaker of the United States Pelosi spy on Taiwan and triggered a crisis in the Taiwan Strait, the risk of the United States hyping up the semiconductor industry in Taiwan is too high, and the best way to diversify the risks is to go to the United States to set up factories.
In this regard, Tsai Ing-wen rarely plays a counter-topic with the United States. On the one hand, she emphasizes the indispensable position of Taiwan in the global semiconductor industry, and on the other hand, she promises to maintain the advantages of cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan and ensure that under any circumstances, there will be no supply chain breakage. Although Tsai Ing-wen has always been the leader of the United States, she is very clear about the importance of TSMC to Taiwan. Without TSMC, the utilization value of Taiwan would plummet. Without the utilization value, the United States would abandon the DPP authorities like President Garni. No matter how stupid Tsai Ing-wen is, she will not easily let the Americans poach TSMC.
Anyone with discerning eyes can see that the United States clearly stated that it would take away TSMC's senior engineer at a critical moment, but in fact it wanted to poach or snatch TSMC and curb the development of China's semiconductor industry. As the saying goes, "A man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." This also reflects the United States' concerns about the rise of mainland China in the chip field. According to public information, in the past four quarters, 19 of the world's 20 fastest-growing chip industry companies in each quarter came from China, compared with 8 in the same period last year. Therefore, the United States has used any means to block and encircle China to maintain its technological hegemony. As for the so-called ideology , maintaining the global semiconductor industrial chain supply is an excuse.
In fact, since the Trump period, the United States has suppressed China's semiconductor industry in all aspects.After the Biden administration came to power, this kind of suppression has become even worse. TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou said that mainland China has long had plans, that is, to continue to improve its economic level and technological strength, and to improve the welfare of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, the mainland will maintain a high degree of restraint and will never use force lightly unless it is absolutely necessary. But he also said that "Taiwan independence" means war. If conflicts really break out in the Taiwan Strait, then TSMC will inevitably be unable to escape the fate of being destroyed.
Although Zhang Zhongmou did not make it clear who would destroy TSMC when a conflict broke out in the Taiwan Strait, anyone with a little normal thinking knows that it would never be mainland China if they wanted to destroy TSMC. The reason is simple. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. TSMC is naturally the common property of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. No matter how the two sides of the Taiwan Strait achieve unity, the mainland cannot damage the common assets of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Furthermore, if the two sides of the Taiwan Strait achieve unity, TSMC's technology, coupled with the mainland's strong industrial production capacity, it will be an extraordinary advantage, and will bring more development opportunities to countries around the world and inject more positive energy into the prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and the world. Therefore, more and more countries support the achievement of complete reunification between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
