Taiwan authorities this week raided 10 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching chip engineers and other tech talents, the island’s investigation bureau said on May 26.
“The illegal poaching of Taiwan’s high-tech talent by Chinese companies has severely impacted our international competitiveness and endangered our national security,” the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau said in an online statement.
The bureau raided 10 Chinese companies and their research and development centers in four cities across the island, including Hsinchu, the capital of the island’s chip industry, according to the statement. These firms operate in Taiwan without approval, it added. The bureau said it summoned over 70 people and searched 20 facilities from May 23 to 26….