However, it is not cheap to get support from the US. Since the Biden administration came to power, the United States has been selling weapons to Taiwan at high prices, thereby charging the Taiwan authorities "station fees".

In recent years, the DPP authorities have been colluding with the United States in an attempt to "rely rely on the United States to seek independence" and expand the so-called "international space". However, it is not cheap to get support from the US. Since the Biden administration came to power, the United States has been selling weapons to Taiwan at high prices, thereby charging the Taiwan authorities "station fees". In addition, the United States has also shown its fangs to TSMC. Recently, it has been constantly poaching its high-end talents. Thousands of engineers have gone to the United States to produce the most precise process that TSMC currently masters - 3nm chips. TSMC was emptied . Recently, Taiwan authorities rarely "convicted" the United States, criticizing its chip bill for affecting the island's economy .

Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen

According to reports from " Reference News ", Taiwan's statistical department recently predicted that the economic growth rate on the island this year is barely "breaking 3" and reaching 3.06%, but next year, not only the economic growth rate "maintaining 3" failed, with only 2.75%, and the CPI increase rate will also reach 1.86%. To this end, the department listed several uncertain factors that affect the economic outlook on the island, including the global monetary trends that impact the international financial market, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the geopolitical risks in the Middle East affecting prices, and also rarely criticized the chip bill implemented by the United States and Europe, saying that it is an important factor affecting the economic outlook on the island.

It is worth mentioning that just a few months ago, the US side issued the " Chip and Science Act ", which promoted the development of the US chip production field by providing local chip manufacturers with a large amount of subsidies. To this end, the US also invited TSMC to build a factory in the United States. TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou also responded positively, promoting TSMC to build a 5nm chip factory in Arizona, USA, and sent a large number of talents to the United States.

TSMC built a 5nm chip factory in Arizona, USA

However, this is only the first step for the United States to hollow out TSMC. Subsequently, the US side poached hundreds of high-end engineers from TSMC on the grounds of establishing a 3nm chip factory. These talents took their families to board the plane to the United States, clearly looking like they would not come back. The Taiwan authorities then discovered that their TSMC was about to become "Macau". Moreover, the US chip bill also has a provision, saying that chip companies that accept subsidies from the US government cannot establish factories that master advanced technology in mainland China within 10 years, which is equivalent to asking TSMC to give up its development in the mainland.

Previously, the Taiwan authorities and TSMC dared to respond to this chip bill, perhaps because they felt that the mainland market accounted for only about 10% of TSMC's revenue, while the US market accounted for nearly 70% of TSMC's revenue, making it a well-deserved funder. Therefore, TSMC decisively gave up the mainland market and chose to strengthen cooperation with the United States. However, if TSMC goes to the United States to build a factory to produce chips, it will naturally become a US chip product, and the main buyer of US chips is a mainland company. In other words, most of the chips produced by TSMC actually flow to mainland China.

TSMC chip

What the Taiwan authorities have obtained is that TSMC gave up the development of the mainland market, and the industrial chain is constantly transferring to the United States, and thousands of high-end talents are sent to the United States. TSMC, which is famous all over the island, is about to become an American company. Once the United States acquires all the technology and a large number of high-end talents of TSMC and strongly supports the development of local chip manufacturers, such as Intel , TSMC on the island obviously has no advantage, and it is even difficult to compete with American companies in the future.

At the same time, TSMC, as the leading company on the island, is the mainstay of the Taiwan economy. If the Taiwan authorities allow TSMC to transfer industries to the United States, it will further confirm the DPP's crime of "selling Taiwan". Now, the DPP has lost the support of a large number of voters and suffered a crushing defeat in the nine-in-one election . If the people's hearts cannot be reversed, the DPP will inevitably be defeated in the future party post elections and regional leadership elections. It is precisely because of this crisis that the Taiwanese authorities rarely criticize this chip bill.

The United States has bad intentions towards Taiwan

Europe’s chip bill is similar to the United States, both of which want to strengthen the local chip industry chain through subsidies. However, due to the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict this year, Europe's economy has suffered a severe blow and it is difficult to implement subsidies to the chip bill. This is a blessing for the Taiwan authorities. If the United States and Europe promote chip bills at the same time, with the economic scale on the island, there is no way to resist, and TSMC, which is gradually "Americanized", may be eroded.

However, even if the Taiwan authorities "convict" the United States and express their dissatisfaction with the chip bill, they cannot change the current situation. TSMC has obviously moved closer to the United States, and even the latest 3nm chip technology is to be sent to the United States. Once TSMC is lost on the island, the economy will inevitably fall rapidly and people's support for the DPP will also fall to the bottom. By then, will the US still risk a military confrontation with the mainland and stand up for the Taiwan authorities? This answer is probably obvious.