TechnologyTaiwan to restrict tech companies' sales of China assets
Regulators will be able to block deals involving sensitive tech under new rules
President Tsai Ing-wen's government has been tightening its screening of Chinese investments in Taiwanese companies to protect sensitive technologies. (Source photo by AP)
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
December 15, 2021 21:06 JST
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese regulators will soon have new powers to block domestic tech companies from selling off their subsidiaries or other assets in China, the latest move by Taipei to prevent the leak of sensitive technologies, including semiconductors, to the mainland.