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Frédéric Laplanche

Frédéric Laplanche

French diplomat, Director of the French Office in Taipei since August 2026 and former France's Ambassador to Malaysia (2017–2020).

Sep 22, 2026

Taiwanology

Taiwanology

How France and Taiwan Became Interdependent, From Industrial Gases to Chip Design【Taiwanology Ep.65】

Sep 22 · 36m

Kwangyin Liu
Kwangyin LiuHOST
29:24
so maybe that is can you tell the story
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
29:27
Yeah, I mean, the founder and now CEO of Saipel, Philippe Menton, used to work here a long time ago, almost 20 years ago.
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
29:36
So that's the moment when he established contacts and developed a network of people he now knows.
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
29:42
And I think it helped definitely in him going back to France, starting this very advanced semiconductor and processor design firm.
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
29:53
And it helped him in being able to get TSMC to accept and produce this new top quality processor.
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
30:02
So, yeah, it's also a people to people exchange example.
Frédéric Laplanche
Frédéric LaplancheGUEST
30:06
But let me give you another example.
Kwangyin Liu
Kwangyin LiuHOST
31:41
Okay.

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