Taiwan Charges Nine in Connection With Smuggling of AI Servers to China

Updated Aug. 24, 2026 10:53 am ET

TAIPEI—Taiwan prosecutors charged nine people, including former employees of Nvidia and Super Micro Computer, with aiding the shipment of advanced artificial-intelligence servers to China, as Taiwan tries to limit technology reaching the mainland.

The indictment charges eight of the individuals with crimes including breach of trust and forgery. One individual was charged in connection with allegedly siphoning funds from a company involved in the case.

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Joyu Wang is a Taipei-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering Taiwan politics and general news, with a focus on defense and security issues. She was previously Asia’s social media editor for the Journal in Hong Kong, where her work earned several journalism awards, including a Scripps Howard Award for digital innovation and a Human Rights Press Award for her reporting on the 2019 Hong Kong protests.

Joyu graduated from the University of Missouri with a dual degree in journalism and linguistics, and began her career as an intern in the Journal's Hong Kong bureau.