"Taiwanese are just Chinese with a different political ideology. That's it." - Taiwanese aren't Chinese, they are Taiwanese... with their own government, ideology, relations, and goals. Again an insult to Taiwan independence.
Before the Japanese were defeated they were considered to be the east as well, now they are considered part of the western world. Being politically backed by the west has a HUGE amount to do with the production of advanced chips, they get to share our resources, technology, and knowledge.
TSMC hasn't completed the factory in the US so obviously nothing has been produced yet, However construction is speeding up and with big players like Apple helping fund them, production will happen and outdo China as usual.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Te...more-workers-to-speed-U.S.-plant-construction
The biggest ventilator manufacture is American.
https://www.nsmedicaldevices.com/analysis/seven-ventilator-manufacturers/
European Car manufactures do not solely rely on Chinese cells, they use LG, Samsung, and Panasonic cells as well. VW is even building its own Battery Plants in the US and Canada, along with some plants in Europe.
https://electrek.co/2023/03/13/volkswagen-plots-first-north-american-ev-battery-cell-plant-location/
Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo have picked Canada for its first overseas battery cell factory.
techcrunch.com
The Chinese have not "won", let me know when they have a chip as powerful as anything we have, dont have to rely on poaching western engineers and stealing western designs, and can manufacture 5nm and beyond chips (something Chinese propaganda claims they already can do but actually can't)