Somedefenseanalystsbelievethecompany's remarkablevalueservesas a deterrentto a Chineseinvasion, withTSMCoftenreferredtoasTaiwan's so-called "SiliconShield."
Ifthatisblocked, itwillhaveanenormousglobalfinancialimpactthat I thinkrunssomewherebetween 600 billiontoover a trilliononanannualbasisforthefirstseveralyears.
TheUnitedStatesanditsalliesarenevergonnaletthosefactoriesfallintoChinesehandseveniftherewas a successfulinvasionofTaiwan.
- 米国とその同盟国工場が中国の手に渡ることはないだろう たとえ台湾侵攻が成功したとしてもだ。
I mean, you'relookingatsomethingsimilartowhathappenedwiththeFrenchfleetwhenVichyFrancesurrenderedtoGermany, theBritsdidn't allowtheFrenchfleettoremainintact.
Findingtherighttypesofworkersthatareneededinconstructingtheseultra-complexfacilitiesandmanagingtheconstructionprocesshas, I think, beenmoredifficultandmoretime-consumingthanTSMCinitiallyexpected.