I'm from Taiwan and now in the US. I always thought Taiwan's DS would be more about human trafficking and Evergreen, although DS having control over biolabs and semiconductors in Taiwan would definitely be a thing. It's likely just everything in general. U.S. (and others) has kept close control of Taiwan for decades, with lots of arms deals and whatnot.
That said, for Taiwan's everyday people, the Taiwanese are very very into contact tracing, masks, social distancing, jabs, and government & civilian enforcement (e.g., via shaming, glares, etc.), probably conditioned from the more deadly 2003 sars outbreak (which was probably a more localized and pre-cursor to the worldwide cv19 release). So, 'precautions' put in place at workplaces due to covid would definitely play a factor in chip shortages. Doesn't mean there wasn't a good portion of the TSMC workforce/equipment from being re-directed to concentrate on implantable chips I guess.
I've planted some seeds of doubt regarding the Ukraine-Russia narrative with my parents, and mentioned stuff about how Taiwan might have some aspects that might be "cleaned" (e.g., Evergreen, biolabs, whatever else we don't know, etc.). Of course, if Taiwan does get attacked, we can only pray that our family there can stay safe...
I'm from Taiwan and now in the US. I always thought Taiwan's DS would be more about human trafficking and Evergreen, although DS having control over biolabs and semiconductors in Taiwan would definitely be a thing. It's likely just everything in general. U.S. (and others) has kept close control of Taiwan for decades, with lots of arms deals and whatnot.
That said, for Taiwan's everyday people, the Taiwanese are very very into contact tracing, masks, social distancing, jabs, and government & civilian enforcement (e.g., via shaming, glares, etc.), probably conditioned from the more deadly 2003 sars outbreak (which was probably a more localized and pre-cursor to the worldwide cv19 release). So, 'precautions' put in place at workplaces due to covid would definitely play a factor in chip shortages. Doesn't mean there wasn't a good portion of the TSMC workforce/equipment from being re-directed to concentrate on implantable chips I guess.
I'm from Taiwan and now in the US. I always thought Taiwan's DS would be more about human trafficking and Evergreen, although DS having control over biolabs and semiconductors in Taiwan would definitely be a thing. It's likely just everything in general. U.S. (and others) has kept close control of Taiwan for decades, with lots of arms deals and whatnot.
That said, for Taiwan's everyday people, the Taiwanese are very very into contact tracing, masks, social distancing, jabs, and government & civilian enforcement (e.g., via shaming, glares, etc.), probably conditioned from the more deadly 2003 sars outbreak (which was probably a more localized and pre-cursor to the worldwide cv19 release). So, 'precautions' put in place at workplaces due to covid would definitely play a factor in chip shortages. Doesn't stop a good portion of the TSMC workforce/equipment from being directed to concentrate on implantable chips I guess.