Why Taiwan matters to the United States

#Taiwan is the key that unlocks the Indo-Pacific. Beyond its crucial location, the island is an economic hub and a centre for technological #innovation.

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[Sacri]

“Those who pick wealth over security will find themselves with neither.”
The man described the Philippine foreign policy these past few years in a single sentence.
Big kudos to you.

[Mr_M_History]

The microchip industry is the real gamechanger here...

[samrath]

“Those who pick wealth over security will find themselves with neither”
Well said!!

[dgillies]

TSMC deserves a lot of credit. When it was noticed in the early 2000's that semiconductor fabs would soon cost $10B, $20B each - an astonishing and outrageous amount of money - Intel stubbornly tried to invade new markets (cellular, ethernet, AI, wireless, and now 3D graphics), failing over and over and over again, trying to drum up more business so that Intel could continue to dominate in VLSI fabrication. TSMC was far more patient and collaborative and invited more customers to use thier fabs. When Intel Stumbled on 10nm process development, having grown fat and lazy after 8Y of dominance over AMD, TSMC was there to take up Intel's slack.

[warrcoww]

I know this wasn’t the point of the video, but looking at the map at 10:11 I noticed a little splotch of yellow next to Xiamen and thought “that has to be a mistake”. Apparently not, Taiwan holds a small rural island only 3.5 miles off the coast of a major Chinese city.

[Skyjy]

Another wise words from Shirvan: “Those who pick wealth over security will soon be left with neither.”
I hope our pro-China political figures, businessmen, and individuals could hear your words more closely.
Love from Taiwan🇹🇼

[poshbo]

There's a significant mistake at 5:22 where the narrator says Beijing conquered Taiwan in 1863. The correct date should be 1683, almost 200 years earlier. Also, Japan never "conquered" Taiwan; Japan defeated Qing China in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 which was fought in modern day North Korea, the victory condition was that Taiwan was ceded to Japan.

[theformerkaiser]

As a wise man once said “what happens over here matters over there.”

[JesusGodHolySpirit]

Taiwan's products quality is better then any that I have known. I hope we trade 100% with Taiwan! I love Taiwan.

[ground_news]

We've been looking forward to this one. Thanks for the context and history around a major piece of geopolitical news, especially given the recent development that the US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia's north.

[genuinennessbefitting]

Before 2004, the United States led the world in semiconductor technology, and foundries had to pay IBM's technology license fees. But in 2004, TSMC took the lead in developing 0.13-micron copper process technology ahead of IBM, ushering in the era of Taiwan's semiconductor technology leading the world. In 2014, IBM withdrew from the foundry business, and TSMC considered buying IBM's fab in New York State. However, even though IBM's technology has lagged Taiwan by a decade, the US Department of Defense and IBM, still worried about the influx of already lagging American technology into Taiwan, rejected the deal. High-tech semiconductor technology is the result of Taiwan's efforts to develop, and now the United States claims to "bring back" semiconductor production to the United States.

[djbenje]

"Those who choose wealth over security will soon be left with neither." Great ending line.

[jarjarbinks]

“Those who pick wealth over security will find themselves with neither.” I feel like this encapsulates how it feels in Germany right now as we have not protected ourselves from vulnerability as decoupling with Russia continues

[熊唯嘉]

5:22 The Qing conquest of Taiwan took place in the year 1683, not 1863.

[AK-forty-seven]

The reason simply is because of it's semiconductor industrial complex or rather, it's ability to consistently make the most cutting edge chips at massive numbers. The US sees this as an equal to oil and find that, if China manages to take Taiwan by force or even by peaceful means, it would massively put it at a military and economy disadvantage as both the US and China knows that the AI revolution is just a matter of time; the first to master it and become the market leader in it will obviously be dependent on those who is the best in chip manufacturing.

[teashea]

This is a very articulate and intelligent analysis. It is insightful regarding the importance of the relationship between Taiwan and the US.

[islandvibez]

Taiwan has my full support ❤ From a Filipino brother.

[陳天祿-wb]

In fact, 99% of people don't know that Taiwan's national map includes China and Outer Mongolia, and Taiwan's constitution China also belongs to Taiwan (Republic of China)!

[kingace]

I am always interested in learning more about the Island of Taiwan's pre-20th-century history. It is evocative and interesting.

[schoolofgrowthhacking]

It's not just about geopolitics or economics; it's the fact that Taiwan stands as a shining example of democracy as an alternative to China's authoritarian 1-party rule for all Chinese to see... Which is the one of the main reasons why the CCP cannot/won't tolerate its independent existence, or Hong Kong's for that matter.