Chairman of major chip maker TSMC Liu Deyin warned that ``If you invade Taiwan, there will be confusion in China.''


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Fritzchens Fritz

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to visit Taiwan during her visit to Asia, and China is strongly opposed to it. In this tense situation, Chairman Liu Deyin of TSMC, a global chip maker based in Taiwan, said, ``If China invades Taiwan, TSMC's factories will stop, and economic chaos will not only occur in Taiwan but also in China. will occur,” he warned.

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Chipmaking giant TSMC 'non-operable' if China invades Taiwan | Taiwan News | 2022-08-01 16:47:00
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Liu's remarks came out in an interview with CNN titled 'Can China afford to attack Taiwan?'

Since TSMC's manufacturing facilities rely on real-time connections with external sources such as the United States, Europe, and Japan, if China were to invade Taiwan, it would inevitably stop operations. On top of that, Chairman Liu said, 'No one can control TSMC by force.'

Since 10% of TSMC's business is in China, Chairman Liu said, ``It's not a bad thing that they (Chinese users) need us,'' and the impact on the supply chain He warned that he should think twice before taking action, as it will cause chaos not only in Taiwan but also in China.

In addition, he said that the lessons of Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be used, saying, ``We must think of ways to avoid war in order to keep the engine of the world economy running.''

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