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Chinese fab entrepreneur wooing Oman pursued in Dubai courts by ex-investor

Design rendering for a semiconductor facility which Cosmico planned to build with local and Chinese partners near Khalifa Port, in Abu Dhabi.
Design rendering for a semiconductor facility which Cosmico planned to build with local and Chinese partners near Khalifa Port, in Abu Dhabi.© Screenshot from a Cosmico presentation dated 29 May 2024.

Chao Yi-Long, who has been negotiating a semiconductor venture with Muscat, abandoned a similar project in the UAE after government-commissioned due diligence raised concerns. Last year Chao's Emirati business partner filed an official legal warning against him.

China
Boom in Chinese forged documents turns into espionage issue

Material presented during a press conference for an operation against a cross-border criminal network trafficking forged documents, at police headquarters in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on 20 September 2023.
Material presented during a press conference for an operation against a cross-border criminal network trafficking forged documents, at police headquarters in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on 20 September 2023.© Jelly Tse/SCMP via Reuters Connect

China's fake documents market has moved well beyond local ID mills into a cyber, transnational network that has alerted China's state security organs.

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