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Taiwan must choose war or peace
By Simon Tang 湯先鈍
Some Taiwanese politicians have been saying that tensions in the Taiwan Strait are the result of provocations by the US and other Western countries supporting Taiwan and vilifying China.
A democracy guarantees freedom of expression, but it also has the right to protect itself, so here is a reproach to those politicians.
When domestic politics functions normally in a democracy, it is worth paying attention to public opinion polls. It is unlikely that the view of those politicians has entered mainstream public opinion.
However, the nation’s situation is unique, and politicians’ actions and statements often have a significant effect.
If China does take over Taiwan, it would be a disaster for all; hopefully Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) realizes that.
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is focusing on microchip wafer fabs, starting from buying raw wafers to diffusion, photolithography, implantation, etching, and physical and chemical vapor deposition, before reaching the finished wafers the front end of the process.
Taiwan also excels in packaging and testing, commonly known as the process’ back end. The whole process takes one-and-a-half to five months, commonly known as cycle time.
Although Taiwan ranks first in process integration in the world, the equipment used comes almost entirely from