Executive Yuan eyes espionage curbs
STEM THE TIDE: From 2013 to October last year, 47 of the 129 breaches of the Trade Secrets Act led to Taiwanese trade secrets reaching Chinese industries, a legislator said
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jason Pan / Staff reporters
The Executive Yuan is considering measures to prevent Chinese commercial espionage and the poaching of core technologies, especially in semiconductors and information technology, sources said.
The Executive Yuan is considering amendments to the National Security Act (國家安全法) and the Trade Secrets Act (營業秘密法) to respond to increasing reports of Chinese firms recruiting Taiwanese and stealing core technologies, the sources said.
Although Taiwan prohibits firms from China from doing business or recruiting locally without prior approval, some companies conceal their Chinese ownership to recruit workers, they said.
Taipei prosecutors indict couple in Chinese spy case
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday charged Xiang Xin (向心), a suspected Chinese intelligence officer, and his wife, Kung Ching (龔青), with money laundering and breaches of the National Security Act (國家安全法) in a case related to self-professed Chinese spy William Wang Liqiang (王立強).
Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) spokesman Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said that the council respects the judiciary, declining to comment on an individual case.
The Chinese government has been using Taiwan’s democracy and freedoms to infiltrate society, Chiu said, adding that the government must tighten laws when necessary.
Suspected Chinese intelligence officer Xiang Xin, left, and his wife, Kung Ching, right, leave the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in an undated photograph.
CCP Adviser Outlines Plan to Control South China Sea, Challenge US Dominance in Indo-Pacific
The Chinese regime aims to seize all of the South China Sea to eventually control parts of the wider Indo-Pacific and challenge U.S. dominance in the region, according to a well-known Chinese professor.
The plans illustrated by the professor, who also advises the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), stand in stark contrast with the CCP’s public declarations on its behavior in the waterway.
The Chinese regime has continued to lay claims to almost all of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 international tribunal ruling that rejected Beijing’s territorial claims. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam all have competing claims over various atolls, islands, and reefs in the strategic waterway that is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
2021/04/06 14:15 TAITRA Chairman James Huang (TAITRA photo) TAITRA Chairman James Huang (TAITRA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the semi-governmental trade promotion organization in the country, is considering removing its contact points in China as part of a resource reallocation strategy. After being instructed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE) to set up five new contact points in Africa, TAITRA is evaluating the possibility of closing its contact points in the Chinese cities of Nanjing, Xiamen, Wuhan, and Nanning. While the decision is not final, the adjustment would allow the organization to work within a limited budget and better utilize the country s overall resources, according to the Bureau of Foreign Trade.