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As mentioned, they won’t need the fabs. They’re spending tens of billions of dollars to advance their own vertical chip industry.

The US just pulled temporary status from hundreds of thousands of Hatians, so I wouldn’t be so confident what the future looks like for Taiwanese refugees in the US.

TLDR China is going to build whatever chip technology they need to accomplish their technology and geopolitical goals. They have the resources, the will, and the time.

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The US has a long history of importing scientists, dating back to Vernon von Braun during WWII. It's sad, it's because Hatians aren't TSMC engineers.

The US also has a recent history of making it so hostile that they’re exporting scientists to China, Europe, and Singapore (not exhaustive). Hard to predict the future of who will be welcomed, if they’ll be welcomed, for how long, and if they even want to come to the US. There are many better places to go after all.

Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate - https://www.aip.org/fyi/physics-phds-are-leaving-the-us-at-a... - August 4th, 2026

Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816003 - July 2026 (260 comments)

Pushed by Trump policies, top U.S. battery scientist is moving to Singapore - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985353 - May 2026 (37 comments)

Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906102 - May 2026 (12 comments)