Our latest season of Tech Tonic continues with an in-depth look at the semiconductor industry and Taiwan’s unique position as a bastion of computer chip talent. Financial Times global China editor James Kynge examines the unintended consequences of the battle for semiconductor dominance.

We heard from Chad Duffy, a cybersecurity expert in Taipei who helped uncover a major hacking attack against a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer. James talked China’s chip strategy with Dan Wang, an analyst at Shanghai-based Gavekal Dragonomics, while Stephen Orlins, a rare dissident in Washington, questioned the U.S. Effectiveness of blacklisting Chinese tech companies that desperately need U.S.-designed chips. Additionally, Annie Ting-Fang and Lauly Li, who run the semiconductor industry for Nikkei Asia, give us the inside scoop on how China poached Taiwanese semiconductor engineers.

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