[HAL3000]

> TSMC has bomb damage and Taiwan is blockaded

For anyone familiar with Chinese culture, history, and mindset, and who views China through that lens rather than a Western one, the probability of this is lower than the probability of Intel’s collapsing entirely in the next two years.

“Supreme excellence is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

“Victory without unsheathing the blade.”

“If swords are clashing, strategy has already failed.”

[mrguyorama]

China is building rather innovative invasion barges.

Their plan is to invade. Or at least, that's a plan they are spending significant resources on because it's in the top five plans.