Articles from May 2005
Taiwan Cabinet Approves Sensitive Technology Protection Act
The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) recently approved a proposed Sensitive Technology Protection Act (the Act) that authorizes Taiwan's National Science Council to identify sensitive technologies that companies cannot export abroad without approval.
The act is widely viewed as a response by the Chen administration to what is known in Taiwan as the Hejian case. Earlier this year, prosecutors raided UMC, Taiwan's second-largest chip foundry, and allegedly found that UMC had transferred sensitive technologies to Hejian, a Chinese semiconductor company based in Suzhou.
