FYI, just saw a stat that US and US/Taiwan manufacturers control 95% of the chip production. This really puts China in a bind. Top expert: Chinese “have not been successful at building semi-conductors.” Another reason for ChiComs to go after Taiwan.
Problem is that merely “taking” Taiwan-—a very costly scenario-—would not result in China “getting” the productive capability of a free manufacturing process. It’s like Germany in WW II-—they needed increasing #s of slave laborers to produce the same amount from 1942-44.