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TSMC didn't seek US funding. The US asked TSMC to build a cutting edge semiconductor fab in Arizona even though TSMC's founder, Morris Chang, says he doubts it will succeed. https://asiatimes.com/2021/04/tsmc-founder-doubts-us-competence-in-chip-making/...

The Taiwan government is great. It's created a business-friendly, low tax environment that's made doing business in Taiwan efficient, profitable, and predictable in the 25 years I've been doing business there. Every time I have reason to interact with some government entity I marvel at how...

It's a myth that governments create prosperity. Educated, creative people with a good work ethic and a government that supports them create prosperity: --Jensen Huang, CEO Nvidia (world's most valuable company)

"Hi, we're from the government and we're here to protect you from a kid with a rifle who climbs up on a nearby roof in full view and gets off eight shots at you before we react."

The solution isn't complicated. Argentina just needs to live within its means and create a business climate conducive to the creation of goods and services that constitute national wealth. Exactly what the government here in Taiwan is doing very successfully with almost no natural resources to...

The most effective way to learn English is the same way you learned Spanish. It should be glaringly obvious that learning a language in a classroom is the least effective way to learn a language.

The annual inflation rate in Taiwan is currently 1.95% because its government relies on taxes and fees to pay its bills rather than by printing money. Argentina's rampant inflation is caused by its government printing money to pay its bills. Argentina will bring down inflation in relation to...

I found traditional classroom language teachers In Asia had a difficult time ditching the classroom and using real life as a classroom and suspect "Street Spanish" will face the same issue. Articulate college students with no classroom teaching experience but a passion for life made the best...

I'm a US citizen and have lived a bifecta lifestyle between Taiwan and Japan the past twenty-five years. I tried all the usual classroom methods for learning Mandarin Chinese but none of them really worked until I came up with my own method which I call Street Chinese. It involves ditching the...

What's tragic is Argentina has the fundamentals to be the best country on earth to live in in this age of chaos and conflict. Abundant natural resources, far out of harm's way, vibrant culture, wide open spaces . . . If it could only learn to manage its affairs and give up a lifestyle of...

I spent time in Argentina in 1996 when I decided to expatriate the US but decided against because it was tired and poorly run. Cobbled together a nomadic lifestyle between urban Taiwan and rural Japan and couldn't be happier. Taipei for work, city life and Hokkaido for peace, quiet, food and...

No one was suggesting that Argentinians move to Taiwan, but you already know that. The point is that if Argentina really want to solve its problems rather than just live with them there are plenty of examples of other countries around the world which have less to work with yet have minimal...

You missed the point.

Meanwhile the annual inflation rate here in Taiwan is 1.8% - in a country with no natural resources other than its people’s willingness to work hard to create the goods and services that constitute true prosperity and a government that facilitates that hard work.

What's the dealbreaker that's causing your family to consider leaving?