Chinas Theft of Taiwans Technology Could Hasten Timeline for Invasion: Analysts

A member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at its office in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty ImagesTaipei’s latest national security report shows Beijing is exploiting Taiwan as a backdoor to circumvent Western technology restrictions, a tactic experts warn could heighten the risk of an armed invasion.The National Security Bureau (NSB) of Taiwan submitted its security assessment to the parliament—officially known as the Legislative Yuan—on April 6, indicating the Chinese regime is targeting the island’s artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor industries to relocate production to China.