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ASML could brick Taiwan's chipmaking machines in case of uninvited guests
(www.theregister.com)
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Western support for Taiwan, and establishing indispensable parts of its supply lines there, is mainly about maintaining a strategically important chokehold on China's maritime traffic and keep their imperial ambitiins bottled up. The Taiwanese cheap labour was just a little cherry on too.