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Export Controls Evasion: How China Acquires Taiwanese Semiconductor Expertise

When walls have leaks: Building higher technological barriers may simply inspire cleverer workarounds

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Apr 22, 2025
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In today's fragmenting global landscape, export controls on advanced AI chips remain a critical yet porous defense against China's expanding digital authoritarianism. Recent research by Secdev Information Controls Fellow Chiang Min-yen reveals sophisticated "remote poaching" strategies that Chinese companies employ to circumvent these restrictions.

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