China should take control of Taiwan and leading chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) if the US tightens sanctions, according to a senior Chinese economist. The course of action was laid out by Chen Wenling, chief economist and deputy director of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), in an article titled ‘We can’t let TSMC move to the US.’ This was published in the news website Guancha. The article could be interpreted as a diplomatic warning to the US and a response to a paper published by a US military think-tank. Published in January that…