U.S. Deploys New Tactics in Prosecution of Chinese Chipmaker

U.S. Deploys New Tactics in Prosecution of Chinese ChipmakerState-owned Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. and its Taiwan-based partner United Microelectronics Corp. are expected to plead not guilty Wednesday in San Francisco federal court. The companies’ indictment was the first under the Justice Department’s “China Initiative,” announced in November to prioritize trade-theft cases and litigate them as quickly as possible.