China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US as competition intensifies

SCMP · 2026-02-21
China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US as competition intensifies

Major Chinese technology companies, including ByteDance and Baidu, are aggressively expanding their US-based research and development teams, targeting high-level artificial intelligence and semiconductor recruits in key American tech hubs. The overseas hiring spree underscores these “big tech” firms