A Chinese national is being held in custody by US authorities after he was extradited from Belgium on Tuesday, adding to escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing.
The US Justice Department alleged in a statement Wednesday that Yanjun Xu was an operative of the Ministry of State Security and had participated in the theft of trade secrets from American aviation companies.
According to the indictment:
“Beginning in at least December 2013 and continuing until his arrest, Xu targeted certain companies inside and outside the United States that are recognized as leaders in the aviation field. This included GE Aviation. He identified experts who worked for these companies and recruited them to travel to China, often initially under the guise of asking them to deliver a university presentation. Xu and others paid the experts’ travel costs and provided stipends.”
While the US government has in the past charged Chinese officials with similar offenses, this is the first time they have done so publicly with an individual in custody. The maximum penalty for the economic espionage charge is 15 years.
The move by the US comes as the Trump administration continues its pivot to a more confrontational approach to dealing with Beijing, a shift that Vice-President Mike Pence underlined in a speech in Washington last week. Pence foreshadowed Xu’s arrest, highlighting theft of trade secrets while pledging that the Trump administration would take concrete measures to hold China accountable.
BULLSHIT!
BULLSHIT!
Hey Ken how much (or nothing) are your masters in Beijing paying you? Surely you know like the rest of us who actually read in the western world that China has been stealing our technology for at least the last 20 or more yrs but only within the last 2 yrs have they actually learned how to use it. Really bright people there.
Hey Ken how much (or nothing) are your masters in Beijing paying you? Surely you know like the rest of us who actually read in the western world that China has been stealing our technology for at least the last 20 or more yrs but only within the last 2 yrs have they actually learned how to use it. Really bright people there.
China pays around U$22 billion every year in royalties to foreign companies. What intellectual property are you talking about – give some examples!
By the way assemble your Iphones in USA, that will drop the US deficit a couple of hundred U$billion
China pays around U$22 billion every year in royalties to foreign companies. What intellectual property are you talking about – give some examples!
By the way assemble your Iphones in USA, that will drop the US deficit a couple of hundred U$billion
Ken Nguyen no that come later. First gain your confidence then milk your knowledge but by bit. In returne you first get luxurious free travel, hotel and feed for you and family. Much later outright bribery. And maybe free sex with beautiful girl and can be used as blackmail.
Ken Nguyen no that come later. First gain your confidence then milk your knowledge but by bit. In returne you first get luxurious free travel, hotel and feed for you and family. Much later outright bribery. And maybe free sex with beautiful girl and can be used as blackmail.
Dominic Ong you moved right into the realm of conspiracy theory with that last remark.
Dominic Ong you moved right into the realm of conspiracy theory with that last remark.
Yashad Rizvi it’s probable, even likely, that Chinese state hackers have stolen technology. That being said, almost all countries hack and steal technology. The U.S. is simply the biggest whiner about it and it controls most of the western media so it’s all you hear about.
As for U.S. companies operating in China, they usually aren’t asked for technology transfer (only about 18% of U.S. companies in China have been asked for this), and when they are, and they agree to it, they are financially compansated for it. Hence it is not stealing by any definition.
Yashad Rizvi it’s probable, even likely, that Chinese state hackers have stolen technology. That being said, almost all countries hack and steal technology. The U.S. is simply the biggest whiner about it and it controls most of the western media so it’s all you hear about.
As for U.S. companies operating in China, they usually aren’t asked for technology transfer (only about 18% of U.S. companies in China have been asked for this), and when they are, and they agree to it, they are financially compansated for it. Hence it is not stealing by any definition.
Jon… I will agree that lot of US citizens have low IQ .however compared to China’s 90% of their who have no IQ at all, I’d say you have no idea of what is happening. China is in the process if buying up as much European union merchandise as they can because they have no idea how to make these products. So go ahead and sing China’s praises but believe me I (a pacifist) would gladly go to war before I let Ping tell me what I can or cannot say so – trust me, we may be complicent for the time being but not for long. So have your songs and other propagandist literature, we in the west are not that guible.
Jon… I will agree that lot of US citizens have low IQ .however compared to China’s 90% of their who have no IQ at all, I’d say you have no idea of what is happening. China is in the process if buying up as much European union merchandise as they can because they have no idea how to make these products. So go ahead and sing China’s praises but believe me I (a pacifist) would gladly go to war before I let Ping tell me what I can or cannot say so – trust me, we may be complicent for the time being but not for long. So have your songs and other propagandist literature, we in the west are not that guible.
Stop the trash. How old is china now in the world ? . Tweenty years and you are bragging about the people that raise you. Wait they move manufacturing to different places
Stop the trash. How old is china now in the world ? . Tweenty years and you are bragging about the people that raise you. Wait they move manufacturing to different places