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Yeah their last hope was the semi conductor industry, but China basically double whammy the US in that front, first their market is so huge and so important that any processor company will work around US blockades to sell to China, nvidia being a relevant example, and on the other hand they built their own industry in this sector so if push comes to shove, they have a viable avenue, not as good as the American companies state of the art but plenty good, with the bonus third whammy being that under this context of push coming to.shove, China would reintegrate Taiwan seizing control of basically the entire global chain of production
I just hope that Taiwan Province comes to see reason, which thankfully they slowly seem to be.
Given enough time, China's domestic semiconductor industry should overtake Taiwan's, eliminating one of the main excuses of the West for Taiwan staying 'independent'.
I think it's already pretty close. It's impressive.