Big tech is expanding in Taiwan, but may not aid Taipei in a crisis

Silicon Valley maintains far deeper ties to China

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Apple store in Taipei

An Apple store, seen from the Taipei 101 observatory. While several U.S. tech giants, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, have expanded their presence on the island in recent years, their local footprints remain relatively modest. © Reuters

Sam Bresnick is a research fellow and an Andrew W. Marshall fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).

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