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China is bombarding tech talent with job offers. The West is freaking out.

Livemint · 7m ago

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Executives at Zeiss SMT, a semiconductor component manufacturer, discovered that Huawei was trying to poach their employees. German intelligence officials are concerned that Huawei's recruitment efforts could give the company access to sensitive intellectual property. Talent-poaching has become a crucial battlefront between China and the West for tech supremacy, with Chinese companies targeting engineers in areas like advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Western governments are being forced to consider whether they need to further regulate such recruitment. China's efforts to recruit talent have raised concerns about the theft of trade secrets and intellectual property.