Tuesday, December 14, 2021

China's Successful Pursuit Of Industrial Secrets Is Helping Beijing To Rapidly Improve Its Military

A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter. China's military has struggled to develop aircraft engines on its own. Reuters  

Business Insider: A recent spy case shows how China has been able to pull off its whirlwind military modernization 

 * In November, a US jury convicted Yanjun Xu, a senior Chinese intelligence officer, of espionage. 

 * Xu was arrested in Belgium in 2018 and is the first Chinese intelligence officer extradited to the US. 

 * The case shows how China has pursued industrial secrets to help it rapidly improve its own military. 

A historic court decision sheds light on how China has used espionage to gain a military and economic advantage over the US and the rest of the world. 

US counterintelligence officials managed to lure Yanjun Xu, a senior Chinese intelligence officer, out of China in 2018 and then get him extradited to the US to stand trial for attempting to steal advanced aircraft-engine technology, which China's military has struggled to develop. 

This case is only the latest in a series of espionage operations by Beijing meant to steal industrial and military secrets from the US and its allies and partners and even from Russia — theft that has allowed China's military to rapidly build its arsenals of sophisticated weapons.  

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WNU Editor: A prediction. China is investing enormous funds to be a leader in scientific research. I would not be surprised if in the coming years it will be the US trying to steal China's industrial secrets.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Coupled with its infiltration of American universities.

Anonymous said...

What infiltrations. Many of those are willing partners in academia and are prepared rom want to take it every which way. Especially, if they are white and liberal.

Anonymous said...

Pinke and the brain was here

Anonymous said...

It is spelled "Pinky and the Brain" genius. It was a great show and very enjoyable to watch.

Anonymous said...

you assert? you prove

Anonymous said...

12:17 is:

a) lazy
b) brainless
c) trying to get a rise out of people.

Well 12:17 latest comment is so pathetic it was worth a chuckle. As I have posted before "No one can be so stupid". 12:17 is not, who they say they are.

Anonymous said...

not really, when you are used to thieving like the Chinese, it is all you want to do.

Jac said...

"A prediction. China is investing enormous funds to be a leader in scientific research. I would not be surprised if in the coming years it will be the US trying to steal China's industrial secrets."

Possible, why not? But money is not enough, so far the creativity is coming from US that China is stealing. We shall see.