Posts Tagged ‘Taiwan National Security’

On Thursday, Taiwan’s government proposed a new law to prohibit China from stealing its semiconductor technology, amid growing concerns in Taipei that Beijing is ramping up its economic espionage. a technological powerhouse Taiwan produces the majority of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips, which are used in everything from fighter jets to cellphones, and the government has long been concerned about Chinese attempts to replicate its success, including through economic espionage, talent poaching, and other means. Taiwan’s government announced that it had proposed new national security law offenses for “economic espionage,” with penalties of up to 12 years in jail for anyone who leak critical technologies to China or “foreign enemy forces.” Using TSMC’s most advanced 2-nanometer chipmaking technology as an example, cabinet spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng stated that under the new law, such technology might be deemed critical to Taiwan’s…