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Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
to investigate / investigation
diàochá
调查
seventeen (companies)
shíqī jiā
十七家
Chinese-funded company
zhōngzī qǐyè
中资企业
illegal / unlawful
fēifǎ
非法
to recruit
zhāomù
招募
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
talent / skilled personnel
réncái
人才
。

Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
Ministry of Justice
sīfǎbù
司法部
Investigation Bureau
diàochájú
调查局
against / toward
duì
对
seventeen (companies)
shíqī jiā
十七家
Chinese-funded enterprises
zhōngzī qǐyè
中资企业
to launch / to carry out
zhǎnkāi
展开
investigation
diàochá
调查
，
to charge / to accuse
zhǐkòng
指控
them / their
qí
其
illegally
fēifǎ
非法
to recruit
zhāomù
招募
local
běndì
本地
high-tech
gāokējì
高科技
talent / skilled workers
réncái
人才
。
investigators
diàochá rényuán
调查人员
within / during
zài
在
three weeks
sān zhōu
三周
within
nèi
内
to conduct a raid
tūjī sōuchá
突击搜查
(completed action particle)
le
了
sixty-four locations
liùshísì chù
六十四处
location / place
dìdiǎn
地点
，
and
bìng
并
to interview / to question
wènxún
问询
(particle)
le
了
114 (people)
yī bǎi yīshísì míng
一百一十四名
related personnel / persons of interest
xiāngguān rényuán
相关人员
。

August 6, 2026 at 2:10 AM

Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
Ministry of Justice
sīfǎbù
司法部
Investigation Bureau
diàochájú
调查局
from (formal preposition)
yú
于
July 13
qī yuè shísān rì
7月13日
to / until
zhì
至
August 4
bā yuè sì rì
8月4日
between / during
jiān
间
to launch / to carry out
zhǎnkāi
展开
large-scale
dà guīmó
大规模
joint / coordinated
liánhé
联合
investigation operation
diàochá xíngdòng
调查行动
。
330 (people)
sān bǎi sānshí míng
三百三十名
investigators
diàochá rényuán
调查人员
to conduct raids
tūjī sōuchá
突击搜查
(particle)
le
了
sixty-four locations
liùshísì chù
六十四处
locations
dìdiǎn
地点
，
and
bìng
并
to interview / to question
wènxún
问询
(particle)
le
了
114 people
yī bǎi yīshísì rén
一百一十四人
。
investigation
diàochá
调查
target
mùbiāo
目标
is
shì
是
seventeen (companies)
shíqī jiā
十七家
suspected of
bèi huáiyí
被怀疑
illegally
fēifǎ
非法
to recruit
zhāomù
招募
Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
high-tech
gāokējì
高科技
talent / skilled workers
réncái
人才
(possessive particle)
de
的
Chinese-funded enterprises
zhōngzī qǐyè
中资企业
。
these
zhèxiē
这些
companies
qǐyè
企业
alleged / accused
bèi zhǐ
被指
through / by means of
tōngguò
通过
to disguise as
wèizhuāng chéng
伪装成
Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
local company
běndì gōngsī
本地公司
or
huò
或
to make use of / through
jièzhù
借助
talent recruitment agency
réncái zhōngjiè jīgòu
人才中介机构
in order to
lái
来
to conceal / to cover up
yǎngài
掩盖
their
qí
其
China
Zhōngguó
中国
funding background
zījīn bèijǐng
资金背景
。
Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
is
shì
是
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
semiconductor industry
bàndǎotǐ chǎnyè
半导体产业
(possessive)
de
的
core / center
héxīn
核心
，
for
wèi
为
Nvidia
Yīngwéidá
英伟达
and
hé
和
Apple
Píngguǒ
苹果
and other / etc.
děng
等
company
gōngsī
公司
to supply
gōngyìng
供应
almost / nearly
jīhū
几乎
all
suǒyǒu
所有
most advanced
zuì xiānjìn
最先进
(particle)
de
的
chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
。
China
Zhōngguó
中国
under / facing
zài
在
US-led
Měiguó zhǔdǎo
美国主导
(possessive)
de
的
export controls
chūkǒu guǎnzhì
出口管制
restrictions
xiànzhì
限制
under (conditions)
xià
下
，
difficult to
nán yǐ
难以
to obtain / to acquire
huòqǔ
获取
advanced
xiānjìn
先进
chip manufacturing
xīnpiàn zhìzào
芯片制造
equipment
shèbèi
设备
，
therefore / as a result
yīncǐ
因此
instead / turning to
zhuǎn ér
转而
to intensify efforts
jiādà lìdù
加大力度
to attract
xīyǐn
吸引
relevant / related
xiāngguān
相关
talent
réncái
人才
。
last month
shàng gè yuè
上个月
，
Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
prosecutor
jiǎncháguān
检察官
also
hái
还
to charge / to accuse
zhǐkòng
指控
one (person)
yī míng
一名
former
qián
前
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)
Táijīdiàn
台积电
employee
yuángōng
员工
to attempt
qǐtú
企图
to transfer (formal)
jiāng
将
company
gōngsī
公司
core technology
héxīn jìshù
核心技术
to leak / to disclose
xìlòu
泄露
to
gěi
给
China
Zhōngguó
中国
。

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jǔxíng
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product launch event
fābùhuì
发布会
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expected to
yùjì
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tuīchū
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xīnkuǎn
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