China’s Efforts to Poach Top Tech Engineers Have the West on Edge

Dec 03, 08:01 AM

After years of Western governments making it more difficult for China to access sensitive technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, Chinese companies are now bombarding tech talent with job offers. Can Western governments do anything to restrict recruitment and hold on to trade secrets? WSJ’s China tech reporter and editor Liza Lin explains this new front in the battle for tech supremacy. Plus, Coca-Cola’s latest holiday ads were made by AI. We look at what the move means for the advertising industry. Danny Lewis hosts.

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After years of Western governments making it more difficult for China to access sensitive technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, Chinese companies are now bombarding tech talent with job offers. Can Western governments do anything to restrict recruitment and hold on to trade secrets? WSJ’s China tech reporter and editor Liza Lin explains this new front in the battle for tech supremacy. Plus, Coca-Cola’s latest holiday ads were made by AI. We look at what the move means for the advertising industry. Danny Lewis hosts.


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