Introduction

Kenny Malone: Invisibility is a special Planet Money collaboration with NPR's Thruline. Today, we look at how Taiwan became the center of the world's semiconductor industry and also wound up at the center of what may become the most important geopolitical feud in generations. Rompin Aragluri: We want to talk about a big sweeping history that is also about economics because as tensions between the US and China have increased, there's been more attention on and concern for Taiwan.