why chip manufacturing is concentrated in Taiwan

Question

If chip sourcing is so sensitive to geopolitics in SEA/EA, then why haven’t other countries expanded their own capacity?

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Answer 1

Because countries don’t run manufacturing, corporations do. And up until now, it’s always been cheaper to buy from Taiwan than to pay the reasonable wages and obey the environmental regulations in the US/EU. And there’s exactly one thing corporations care about, and it ain’t workers, the environment, or the wellbeing of a country.