Security News > 2023 > March > Smugglers busted sneaking tech into China

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is still months away - circle September 19th on your calendar, me hearties! - but The Register has found news of technology smuggling in China that suggests a buccaneering approach to imports.

One incident, reported by Chinese media outlet MyDrivers, saw Chinese customs authorities notice a man wearing ill-fitting black clothing attempt to pass through Gongbei Port, the entry point from Macau to China.

The Register prefers to quantify the crime: China taxes most imports at 13 percent, and Intel lists the CPUs at $196 when sold in batches of at least 1,000.

Hong Kong's government yesterday reported a more extensive tech smuggling effort, involving the seizure of 508,000 items including CPUs, memory, hard disks, other components, and laptop computers.

The territory's government stopped a truck attempting to pass through the Man Kam To Control Point in the direction of China.

China is not exactly short of tech products - it's often referred to as the world's factory.

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