TSMC announced that most of its valuable chips will still be produced on the island. This is despite intense pressure from the Joe Biden White House to “friendshore” TSMC’s most advanced chips.

3 years ago by ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to c/worldnews

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No thanks to Tsai, TSMC is waking up to the danger of Washington’s ‘friendshoring’ of its most advanced chip-making capabilities.

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redditors_re_racist 5 points 3 years ago

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pec 3 points 3 years ago

I'm from Reddit and upvoted because it's an interesting subject that I'm happy to read about but that article is highly editorialized to the point it loses act credibility.

These two quotes, to someone like me who has no opinion on the subject yet, scream partisanship:

Sanity has returned to Taiwan

While President Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party have effectively capitulated to the US demands, the island’s public and its business elite have realised giving up the jewel in their manufacturing crown is a bridge too far

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yogthos -5 points 3 years ago

must be such a culture shock coming to a forum that's not overflowing with US propaganda

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