Taiwan accuses Chinese Apple supplier of trying to illegally poach tech talent

Taiwanese law enforcement has accused a Chinese Apple supplier of illegally operating in Taiwan and trying to poach tech talent, and said a U.S.-sanctioned Chinese firm had illegally set up operations on the island.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has been stepping up efforts to stop what it views as underhand and illegal activities by Chinese firms to steal know-how and poach talent.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau late on Thursday named Luxshare Precision Industry as one of eight Chinese companies “that came to Taiwan to illegally engage in the poaching our high-tech talents”. It did not give details.
The investigation bureau named video surveillance equipment maker Zhejiang Dahua Technology, which the United States added to a blacklist in 2019 over Beijing’s treatment of Muslim minorities in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Zhejiang Dahua set up “two private locations” in Taiwan and tried to circumvent investigation by listing its employees as working for another company, the bureau said, also without giving details.