Trade Secrets Act to be tightened
CRITICAL TECH: Economic Democracy Union convener Lai Chung-chiang said China takes advantage of legal loopholes to control local firms and steal trade secrets
By Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Executive Yuan is to draft amendments to the Trade Secrets Act (營業秘密法) to define sensitive technologies in an effort to prevent China from stealing Taiwanese trade secrets, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chao Tien-lin (趙天麟) said yesterday.
The issue was brought to Premier Su Tseng-chang’s (蘇貞昌) attention by Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三), who told Su that amendments to the act were needed to address Chinese attempts to steal critical technologies from Taiwan, Chao said.
China may choose a ‘legal war’: analyst
HONG KONG BLUEPRINT: Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies chief adviser Chao Chun-shan said China might brandish its ‘Anti-Secession’ Law against Taiwan
By Chen Yu-fu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong is to serve as a blueprint of its future legal war against Taiwan if it decides against the military route, an expert told a forum yesterday regarding the implications of last week’s change to the territory’s election law.
The Friends of Hong Kong and Macau Association invited a panel of academics and experts on cross-strait affairs to discuss the current status of “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong after China’s National People’s Congress on Thursday last week ratified rules ensuring that only “patriots” would run the territory.
Electoral overhaul kills One Country, Two Systems
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Ma Ying-jeou says it s extremely regrettable that One Country, Two Systems has officially become history. Photo: RTHK Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday that Beijing’s latest decision to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system spells the death of ‘One Country, Two Systems’.
Speaking to reporters while attending a memorial to mark the 96th anniversary of the death of the founder of modern China and the Kuomintang, Sun Yat-sen, Ma said it is “extremely regrettable” that ‘One Country, Two Systems’ – the brainchild of former mainland leader Deng Xiaoping – has officially become history.
HEARTS AND MINDS: Beijing must ensure freedom and the democratization of the territory should it wish to win over Hong Kongers, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang saidBy Chung Li-hua, Chien Hui-ju and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Last month, Taiwan’s government announced several personnel changes in leadership positions in its defence and security team, including the key posts of defence minister and National Security Bureau director.
While at least one of these changes had been months in the making, the fact that several occurred concurrently, and were announced just after the Chinese New Year break, has prompted conjecture that certain recent developments have prompted a shift in the island’s strategic thinking.
Many suspect that the changes were in response to the election of Joe Biden as US president, who some Taiwanese politicians believe won’t be as staunch in his support of Taipei as President Donald Trump was. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some opposition politicians have strengthened their calls for the independence-leaning government of President Tsai Ing-wen, which has thus far adopted a hardline position towards the mainland, to now adopt a more conciliatory stance towards Beijing.