In recent years, Beijing’s efforts of technology theft were exposed one after another, primarily through its talent acquisition program called the “Thousand Talents Plan.” Many of those involved in the scheme, Chinese or foreigners, were subjected to legal consequences in the victimized countries. However, analysts believe South Korea, in particular, has long lacked vigilance in…

In less than a month, Tsinghua University’s Alumni Association members in France received two recruitment offers from China. The first notice explicitly stated that the offer is part of China’s “Thousand Talents Program,” The second said the recruit would focus on critical areas sanctioned or led by the United States, such as chip research and…

Commentary China has always been considered a major manufacturing country, playing a pivotal role in the global industrial division of labor. However, I believe we will see a rapid decline in Chinese manufacturing, and China will lose its status as “the world’s factory.” Here’s why. Population Crisis On Jan. 17, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released…

Two Republican senators introduced legislation on July 29 requiring the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratories to administer intelligence-grade polygraph tests to all applicants from nations on the State Department’s “Countries of Particular Concern” list and who lack green cards. The as-yet untitled legislative proposal, S. 4634, is co-sponsored by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and…

The Federal Reserve economists have been targets of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for years, a report (pdf) made available on July 26 by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs indicates. “China considers financial knowledge and economic capability to be a lynchpin to its military modernization efforts,” the report said. The report revealed…

Chinese intelligence has a systematic and well-funded campaign that successfully recruits U.S. Federal Reserve System economists and others to provide sensitive financial information and data in exchange for money and other benefits, according to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). “This investigation makes clear that China’s malign efforts at influence and information theft are not limited to…

A former professor at the University of Arkansas was sentenced on June 16 to a year and a day in prison followed by one year of supervised release on one count of providing a false statement to the FBI regarding the existence of patents for his inventions in China, according to the Department of Justice….

China is selling its oil fields in the United States, Canada, and Britain due to fear of Western sanctions, according to a recent Reuters report. Experts say Beijing’s over-reliance on U.S. markets and technologies could be fatal in the case of being sanctioned or losing its overseas assets. China’s top offshore oil and gas producer,…

China is selling its oil fields in the United States, Canada, and Britain due to fear of Western sanctions, according to a recent Reuters report. Experts say Beijing’s over-reliance on U.S. markets and technologies could be fatal in the case of being sanctioned or losing its overseas assets. China’s top offshore oil and gas producer,…

Commentary An Australian Parliamentary committee on security and intelligence has concluded that the Chinese communist regime targeted Australian universities as part of a huge two-pronged exercise to firstly transfer Western knowledge and technology into China and secondly to deploy spies into the West. Australian universities allowed themselves to be infiltrated and used, but this is…