Taiwan Issues Arrest Warrant for OnePlus CEO for China Hires (bloomberg.com) 13
Prosecutors in Taiwan issued an arrest warrant [non-paywalled source] for the chief executive officer of the Chinese smartphone company OnePlus, stepping up the island's efforts to block China's tech players from recruiting Taiwanese talent. From a report: The Shilin district prosecutors office issued the warrant for CEO and co-founder Pete Lau and indicted two Taiwanese citizens who worked for him, according to an indictment by the office. OnePlus, a niche player whose phones run on a customized version of Android, is suspected of illegally recruiting more than 70 engineers in Taiwan.
The autonomous territory has stepped up its efforts to stop Chinese companies from raiding workers, who are often coveted because of their technical knowledge and experience. The Taiwanese officials put such limitations in place because they say recruiting from the semiconductor sector and other tech operations could jeopardize national security.
The autonomous territory has stepped up its efforts to stop Chinese companies from raiding workers, who are often coveted because of their technical knowledge and experience. The Taiwanese officials put such limitations in place because they say recruiting from the semiconductor sector and other tech operations could jeopardize national security.
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They could pay better.
That would be like introducing communism!
But seriously, we live in strange times when the market-leading capitalists are unwilling to provide the salary and quality of living that would keep their talent at home, not defecting to the "communists".
OnePlus Phones... (Score:3)
are still better than Samsungs. I have a 7T Pro I bought at the end of 2019 that still almost runs fine. I've only noticed in the last month or so that the battery life is really starting to affect its use. That stability has outperformed any of the Samsungs I've had in previous years.
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So you're saying your phone from 2019 works better than the phones you had before 2019? Or maybe you've used multiple phones?
All I can say is that my Samsung from 2021 still does great for me.
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I really like my OnePlus.. I started with an 8T, drove that for 3 years, and then upgraded to the 12T last year. The 8T still worked great but the battery was starting to wear out so I retired it. I still have it in a drawer as a backup.
The 12T is great and I've been very happy with it.
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I still have my 3T. The battery was draining pretty quickly when I replaced the battery a few years ago with a german import battery.
Now if they'd only shut down the china-bound data pipeline... The CEO admitted to it after getting caught having 2 pipelines, and shutting down one of them.
But the other??? Crickets.
Re:Up to the hire, not country (Score:4, Insightful)
They don't.. They're blocking companies from recruiting - not people from moving. Taiwan doesn't block the taiwanese from going wherever. Mainland China does by requiring permits for travel inside their own country. You are not free to travel wherever you want in China, just because you are Chinese and have a household in China, and the taiwanese need another special permit to travel and move around there.
Taiwan largely encourages the taiwanese to live/work in China while strictly restricting who can come in from mainland China to Taiwan.
Their tech workers are an exception apparently. You are valuable for national security reasons, so it would seem that it is a crime for people who work for another company to be suspected of trying to recruit.
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> Mainland China does by requiring permits for travel inside their own country.
References ?
I ask because, what I'm finding is that they are free to travel for work and pleasure in most situations and to most places.
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