Taiwan Probes China Chipmaker SMIC for Allegedly Poaching Staff
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Taiwan is investigating whether China’s leading chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. illegally poached local engineers as part of an effort to access the island’s cutting-edge chip technology.
SMIC set up a branch in Taiwan posing as a Samoa-based company and tried to hire local talent, prosecutors from Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau said Friday in a statement.