Straits Guide (Reporter Xue Yang
However, judging from the history of TSMC's creation, TSMC has no relationship with the DPP. On the contrary, it was once called the "party business cause" of the Kuomintang. Zhao Shaokang, a well-known media person on the island, once revealed that TSMC has grown and grown, and in addition to the founder Zhang Zhongmou , Jiang Ching-kuo ordered full support for the establishment of TSMC. The Kuomintang also borrowed money to invest in TSMC. The founding of TSMC was also invaluable. The cost of TSMC was founded was very expensive and the risk was very high. The Kuomintang used party assets as investment to solve a major problem in the early stage of TSMC's entrepreneurship.
Zhang Zhongmou's background is also very different from the mainstream politicians of the Democratic Progressive Party. He was born in Zhejiang and his primary and secondary education was completed in the mainland. He then went to the United States to study and obtained a master's and doctoral degree from MIT and Stanford University . After graduation, he stayed in the United States for many years. In 1985, Zhang Zhongmou, who was 54 years old, officially came to Taiwan to develop and took up the "Engineering Research" "The President of the Institute, TSMC was founded in , Hsinchu Science Park, 2 years later. For a long time, Zhang Zhongmou's name was often connected with Kuomintang technicians such as Sun Yun-chi, Li Guoding, , and was completely incompatible with green camp politicians.
Compared with Guo Taiming, Zhang Zhongmou and the current chairman of TSMC, Liu Deyin, , almost did not express their opinions on political issues. Why was TSMC labeled "pro-green"? On the one hand, the reason was that Zhang Zhongmou once represented the DPP authorities at the APEC summit. Public information shows that he has attended five summits, namely Chen Shui-bian Times (2006), Tsai Ing-wen's time four times (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021).
Just from this point, can TSMC and Chang Chung-ming be "pro-green"? I'm afraid it may not be fair. In the eight years of Ma Ying-jeou's rule, due to the adherence to the " 1992 Consensus ", there was a tacit understanding between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in the selection of APEC. Taiwan sent Lien Zhan , Xiao Wan-chang and other politicians to participate; and when the Democratic Progressive Party was in power, this road was blocked. Chen Shui-bian and Tsai Ing-wen could only find people from the business or cultural and educational circles. Zhang Zhongmou, who has international influence but has not been "blue", has entered many times. It is actually not uncommon to choose.
Another reason why TSMC is questioned for being "pro-green" is probably because it is over-praising by the DPP authorities. In recent years, the island's semiconductor industry has been unique, boosting the stock market and exports. In order to make themselves gold, green camp politicians praised TSMC as the so-called "protecting the country". Uninformed people think that TSMC is today, which is the contribution of the DPP and Tsai Ing-wen. The green camp's rush to seek credit has also caused dissatisfaction among the blue camp, such as Zhao Shaokang, who has written articles to refute it many times.
Foresight entrepreneurs are "understanding politics and staying away from politics". TSMC's development is so great that executives will not understand this. Especially the DPP is in charge of politics, with a lot of slogans and incompetent governance. If TSMC is not involved with it, it would have probably reached a dead end.
Others have no way to understand the inner world of Zhang Zhongmou and Liu Deyin. Whether they are "independent" or "blue or green, the outside world cannot know. However, as international elites, they should have wise judgments in the face of the complex and complex political situations on the island and cross-strait relations.
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