Taiwan's government continues its drive to curb illegal chip sector investment in China The head of Chinese contract chip maker He Jian Technology (Suzhou) lost his bid to overturn a Taiwan government fine for illegally investing in China’s semiconductor industry, a spokeswoman for the Taipei High Administrative Court said Friday.The Taiwanese court said Hsu Jian Hwa, chairman of He Jian and a Taiwanese national, must pay the NT$2 million (US$59,800) fine and withdraw his investment in the chip concern.Hsu will be able to appeal the decision, said a court official, who asked to be identified only by her surname, Chang. The decision is another sign of Taiwan’s drive to curb illegal chip sector investment to China, its long time political enemy. The island has levied fines related to chip sector investment in China against three Taiwanese executives so far this year, including Hsu as well as Richard Chang, the chief executive officer of China’s largest chip maker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., and Robert Tsao, chairman of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the world’s second biggest contract chip maker.The Taiwan government levied Hsu’s fine in February, saying he failed to apply to authorities before investing in China’s semiconductor industry.Taiwan carefully controls chip investments to China, fearing it could lead to job losses on the island or that its technology could be used to bolster Chinese military prowess. The two separated in 1949 amid civil war, and Beijing has long threatened the use of force to take the island if it moves toward independence. Hsu was given six months to withdraw his investment in He Jian or face further penalties. Technology Industry