"the Republic of China" is the official name of the nation that governs the island of Taiwan, I was trying to be a bit facetious. I wanted to say there's no way in hell that the government that continuously faces an existential threat from the communist rulers of mainland China will let go of the single most important business to their national security. Particularly a foreign business that has cozy ties to the Chinese Communist Party and is willing to kowtow to their leadership to access their labor and markets.