Commentary Chinese national Qin Shuren was placed under arrest in 2018 at his home in a Boston suburb. He will likely plead guilty to felony charges in federal court on April 28 for allegedly procuring over $100,000 worth of U.S. marine technology for export to a Chinese military research institute. Mr. Qin is expected to plead guilty, according to the Wall Street Journal, of conspiring to commit export violations, lying to government agents, visa fraud, smuggling, and money laundering. He was caught, but there are thousands more who may have access to critical science and technology, and who could be pressured by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to send it back to China, including through legal means. In 2020, there were 360,000 Chinese national students in the United States, many of whom are enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. The Trump administration canceled the visas of 3,000 …