Trade and China Espionage PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stumo   
Friday, 27 July 2007

China may be the most aggressive espionage countries in the world. 

Michelle Van Cleave, a former national counterintelligence executive, said in a recent defense report that Chinese spies are among “the world's most effective” and include civilian and military spies who have “a global reach.”

The University of Michigan is one place that they acquire U.S. military technology through Chinese student programs, according to Dr. Charles Kauffman who teaches there.

“There is substantial concern,” [FBI Director Robert S.] Mueller said. “China is stealing our secrets in an effort to leap ahead in terms of its military technology, but also the economic capability of China. It is a substantial threat that we are addressing in the sense of building our program to address this threat.”  

Joel Brenner, the director of national counterintelligence, said in an interview in March that China's theft of technology from the United States is a serious problem and that Beijing is “eating our lunch” in terms of compromised know-how.  Chinese spies are “very aggressive” in obtaining technology, often before it is fully developed by U.S. researchers, Mr. Brenner said.

Another technique is to allow U.S. technology companies to do business in China, but joint venture with a company owned by the Chinese government and with the condition of substantial transfer of technology.  

In these days of "national security" justifying so much, the core national security of technology transfer for military use is ignored by Congress.  The FBI cannot do it with just investigations, because systemic change is needed. 

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