New US Justice Department Initiative to Tackle China's Misconduct Goes Beyond Espionage

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New US Justice Department Initiative to Tackle China's Misconduct Goes Beyond Espionage
By Annie Wu, Epoch Times

At a news conference on Nov. 1 where U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be undertaking a new initiative to more aggressively pursue cases of Chinese espionage, the focus was on economic theft related to intellectual property.

After all, that was at the crux of the latest prosecuted case involving Chinese semiconductor firm, Fujian Jinhua, and Taiwanese firm UMC. The two companies—and several Taiwanese individuals—were indicted on charges of attempting to steal technology related to manufacturing powerful DRAM computer chips from U.S. semiconductor firm Micron. Sessions had disclosed details of the case during the press conference, which occurred just days after the Commerce Department enacted an export ban against Fujian Jinhua forbidding it from buying U.S. components, software, and technologies.

But Sessions also touched on other broad issues concerning Chinese bad behavior: Chinese investments in the United States that can pose national security risks; Chinese influence on American campuses and threats to academic freedom; and Beijing’s attempts at influencing public opinion.

Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-us-justice-department-initiative-to-tackle-chinas-misconduct-goes-beyond-espionage_2706973.html

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