China bid to 'cheat' its way to chip prominence failing -Taiwan's US envoy

Record ID: 1765445

  • Title: China bid to 'cheat' its way to chip prominence failing -Taiwan's US envoy
  • Date: 8th February 2024
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 7, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TAIWAN'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES, ALEXANDER YUI, AHEAD OF INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) TAIWAN'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES, ALEXANDER YUI, SAYING: "PRC has for years tried to replicate what the Taiwan industries can do in semiconductor manufacturing. As a matter of fact, they've hired exe
  • Embargoed: 22nd February 2024 00:01
  • Keywords: Alexander Yui Biden China Congress chip defense semiconductor supply chains weapons
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001870907022024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China has sought to "cheat" and "steal" its way to matching Taiwan in chip technology, but has yet to succeed despite investing huge sums, said Taiwan's representative Alexander Yui on Wednesday (February 7) in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters.
    Yui, who arrived in Washington in December, replacing Hsiao Bi-khim, now the island's vice president-elect, also said he hoped the U.S. Congress would pass a supplemental security funding bill that would help Taiwan with its defenses.
    Yui said he had doubts about whether China could make viable next-generation processors as early as this year amid U.S. efforts to curb Beijing's development of advanced technologies.
    China's embassy in Washington did not respond immediately to a request for comment, but it routinely denies charges of economic espionage.
    Yui said Taiwan welcomed any help from the United States, from Congress and the administration to bolster its defense capabilities.
    A sweeping international security assistance package that includes billions of dollars for Taiwan has been stalled in the U.S. Congress by Republicans' insistence that it also include an overhaul of U.S. immigration and border security policy.
    (Production: Andrea Rodriguez)
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