TAIPEI - Taiwan's flagship semiconductor industry will not need to be destroyed in a Chinese invasion, the island's security chief said, amid growing US concerns that Beijing could move to forcibly acquire the crucial Taiwanese chip technology.
Some former US officials have even advocated that the US take the extreme option of making clear to China that it would destroy TSMC facilities if the island was occupied, although there are no current plans to consider this. Such a tactic would serve both as deterrence and to avoid Taiwan's critical chip production plants from falling in Beijing's hands.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait in recent months have renewed fears of a Chinese takeover of the island, particularly after BeijingTurbulence in the Taiwan Strait: Tensions between the US, China and Taiwan escalate