TAIPEI -- Then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last year sparked more than a diplomatic spat between Washington and Beijing. It triggered a tech industry crisis, which might now threaten the global electronics supply chain.
In the days after Pelosi's visit, Taiwanese suppliers to U.S. tech giants including Apple, Google, Meta and Amazon were inundated with requests from their customers. Could they produce from outside Taiwan to secure supplies, in case Beijing went to war over the island?
Taiwan is best known for making cutting-edge semiconductors. But its companies also turn out other crucial components from printed circuit boards to advanced camera lenses, and they run huge device assembly operations in China.
This has created a triangle of critical interdependence between Taiwan, China and the U.S that has deepened even as tensions between Beijing, Washington and Taipei have risen.
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