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Officials announced on Friday that Taiwan is imposing fresh restrictions on exports of domestically developed technology to several leading Chinese firms, citing national security concerns. In Taipei, Vice President Hsiao Bi‑khim acknowledged that talks between state authorities and private-sector players had been tough, as mentioned in a Bloomberg report. When asked about the blacklist of Chinese chip makers, she said, “This has been a very challenging conversation between governments and private businesses,” and added, “But we have generally aligned in understanding that ultimately, export control is to ensure that technology innovated, developed, and produced in Taiwan, is not used to compromise our security or to harm the safety and security of the Taiwanese people.” She noted Taiwan will coordinate with foreign partners to defend values central to its society. Government sources have stressed these measures form part of ongoing trade negotiations with the United States. In June, Taipei added Huawei Technologies Co. and its fabrication partner SMIC to its restricted‑entities list. Officials said the move aims to stop weapons from spreading and reduce other security threats. Under the updated regulations, local suppliers must obtain government authorization before engaging with any organization on the strategic high‑tech commodities list. Earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that a number of Taiwanese vendors were helping Huawei establish chip‑manufacturing sites in southern China, territory Beijing claims and has threatened to seize if peaceful reunification fails. Chinese cyber threats targeted Taiwan’s chip sector At the same time, Reuters reported, researchers at Proofpoint cautioned on Wednesday that China‑aligned hacking groups have intensified campaigns to infiltrate Taiwan’s semiconductor sector and the analysts who cover it. “We’ve seen entities that we hadn’t ever seen being targeted in the past being targeted,” said Mark Kelly, a threat researcher specializing in China‑related cyber operations. Proofpoint traced at least three separate China‑linked groups running campaigns…

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