With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landing in Taiwan, tensions in the country
In an interview, when asked about the theoretical invasion, Liu replied, "No one canHe added that if the military tried to seize TSMC's factories, they would become "inoperable."
This is due to the inherent manufacturing processcomplexity. Liu said they depend on being connected to global supply chains in the US, Europe and Japan. It is these connections that power the factory with materials, chemicals, diagnostic software, and more. China also depends on TSMC, which it says accounts for 10 percent of their exports. He noted that TSMC only deals with China's consumer market, not the military.