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For the U.S., it is unthinkable that semiconductor behemoth TSMC could one day be in territory controlled by Beijing, writes Maria Ryan. By Maria Ryan  University of Nottingham One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting wit

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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has done her part to honor democratic Taiwan. US President Joe Biden must now do his part to defend it. Having failed to deter Pelosi from visiting Taiwan, despite its crude threats to her safety, Communist China is now asserting forceful measures directed at Taiwan. It has encircled it with naval forces armed with guns and missiles that could strike the nation from multiple directions, and it has conducted live-fire “exercises” from those loc...

US wants to prevent China from exercising a global tech leadership role

One aspect of Nancy Pelosis trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked isher meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC).

Sen. Barrasso said that President Biden needed to do more to stand up to Chinese aggression, and that the regime was taking advantage of weakness over Taiwan.

Washington has been trying to convince the island’s top manufacturer to establish a base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese firms.

The White House's muddled messaging gave Beijing a big win.

After Nancy Pelosi's visit, China conducts its largest military drill in decades around the island. Some Taiwanese are worried; others have grown numb to Beijing's threats.

Taiwan dominates the global market for microchips – something that Washington is well aware of.