[sneak]

It seems that everyone forgets that approximately 100% of Apple's manufacturing is in China.

There are some scattered final assembly here and there, like screwing together the Mac Pro in Texas, and I think the iPhone production in India is non-trivial, but for all intents and purposes the vast, vast majority of Apple's production happens in China, performed by Chinese nationals, who are themselves subject to Chinese law, in facilities wholly inside of Chinese jurisdiction.

It doesn't matter much if Apple sells a single unit in China, from a "kowtowing to the Chinese government" perspective: China controls Apple fully as without China's consent and permission, Apple cannot produce anything for sale in significant quantity.

[broknbottle]

Last time I checked TSMC is in Taiwan and Taiwan is not a part of China..

[unix_fan]

TSMC only makes one out of multiple components. I don't see how this is a counterpoint to his comment.