Beijing blasts defense bill designed to counter China
Beijing expressed last minute dissatisfaction Thursday as the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act made it to the President Trump. The bill “shines a spotlight” on certain Chinese activities deemed unacceptable by US lawmakers, specifically China’s militarization of the South China Sea, efforts to influence public discourse, and attempts to invest in and acquire assets deemed […]
Pentagon: China’s ‘Thousand Talents’ program labeled a national security threat
Originally posted at OODA Loop An unclassified analysis of China’s ‘Thousand Talents’ program has named it a project to “facilitate the legal and illicit transfer of US technology, intellectual property and know-how” to China as part of the country’s aggressive “toolkit for foreign technology acquisition.” The program began in 2008 and is likely the largest […]
White House: How China’s Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual Property of the United States and the World
The People’s Republic of China (China) has experienced rapid economic growth to become the world’s second largest economy while modernizing its industrial base and moving up the global value chain. However, much of this growth has been achieved in significant part through aggressive acts, policies, and practices that fall outside of global norms and rules […]
China Pushing to Control US Rail Industry
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking steps to control the U.S. rail industry, leveraging state funding to undercut competitors, force private companies out of business, and then dominate the market. The issue doesn’t end with the debate about the free market or foreign actions that disrupt private competition in business. Control of the U.S. […]
Chinese Nationals Stole Marine Technology to Benefit Chinese Regime, According to US Justice Department
Two Chinese nationals were charged in U.S. federal court for conspiring to commit economic espionage related to marine technology to benefit the Chinese regime and its state-owned companies. Shan Shi, 53, and Gang Liu, 32, were the main orchestrators of a scheme to steal trade secrets from a multinational engineering firm that develops syntactic foam—a […]
Epoch Times Exclusive: A Case of Pentagon-Financed Technology Undergirding Beijing’s Military
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s fiber-optic technology now helps to power the Chinese regime’s weaponry. The Chinese regime’s fifth-generation fighters, state-of-the-art navalcruisers, and soon-to-be launched aircraft carriers are more deadly than they otherwise would be because they are equipped with advanced fiber-optic cable originally built for the Pentagon, according to a U.S. military intelligence officer. The saga of […]
BLOOMBERG: In Trade Talks, China Is Too Clever by Half
There’s only one winner from Beijing’s economic reforms. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and a team of White House heavies are expected to visit Beijing, possibly as early as this week, for talks aimed at defusing a tense, U.S.-China trade standoff. The delegation comes amid optimism in Washington that its get-tough strategy is working after Beijing announced […]
White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears
WASHINGTON — It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: In April, China is said to have tested an invisibility cloak that would allow ordinary fighter jets to suddenly vanish from radar screens. This advancement, which could prove to be a critical intelligence breakthrough, is one that American officials fear China may have […]
Why China Will Not Abandon Theft in Its Strategy to Surpass US Economy
‘Made in China 2025’ plan relies on theft and acquisition. What Is ‘Made in China 2025’? The motive behind the economic plan The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to turn China into a “manufacturing superpower”: a country so advanced in tech manufacturing that it dominates global high-tech markets and replaces foreign competitors. The economic blueprint […]
Chinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of U.S. Technology
China is engaged in large-scale theft of American research and technology from universities, using spies, students, and researchers as collectors, experts told Congress on Wednesday. Compounding the technology theft, the administration of President Barack Obama weakened U.S. counterintelligence efforts against foreign spies by curbing national-level counterspy efforts, a former counterintelligence official disclosed during a House […]