I’m not sure Taiwan can be taken militarily while keeping their industrial assets intact. I think the chip business has been moving from Taiwan gradually since the beginning of the pandemic.
It would be interesting to see numbers on that. I’m curious now.
Taiwans principal strategic asset is its location.
The chip business will be a temporary issue. The IP is out there and the chip factories can be duplicated.
What Taiwan is is a potential Chinese base across the Japan and South Korea shipping lanes to half the world. Its a place from which the East Asia trade can be throttled.