Nexperia’s China unit has told local employees they can disregard instructions from the chipmaker’s Dutch headquarters as tensions escalate between Beijing and The Hague over control of the Chinese-owned group.
In an internal memo posted publicly on Sunday, Nexperia China told employees to follow the instructions of the domestic management team, which it said would “operate and make decisions independently as a Chinese enterprise”.
“For any other external instructions?.?.?.?even if delivered via Outlook or Teams?.?.?.?everyone has the right to refuse execution,” the notice said, advising staff to contact human resources if they received communication from “external parties” or experienced “outside pressure”.