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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday April 10 2019, @01:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the bullseye dept.

Inkstone News:

Federal officials have labeled Boston a major target of Chinese spies who are looking to steal trade and technology secrets from the US.

US Assistant Attorney General John Demers, who leads a federal force against Chinese espionage in America, said Massachusetts had become a focus of his team's work, the Associated Press reported.
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Massachusetts is home to top-ranked universities including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It also hosts military contractors such as weapon maker Raytheon and defense system provider Mercury Systems.

As part of the China Initiative, officials said they had met with local companies and colleges last week to encourage them to bring suspected instances of espionage to the attention of federal investigators.

Lelling said the large number of Chinese nationals living in Boston also made the city a potential espionage target, but officials added that most were in the US for legitimate reasons, such as study.

Technology workers should keep a close eye on Wang?


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 10 2019, @07:26PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 10 2019, @07:26PM (#827583) Journal

    Let me ask you this: how many Americans even bother to think into the future?

    I'd say about 20-30% of the US population.

    Meanwhile, the Han are thinking decades and centuries into the future.

    Who is "the Han" and how long will Chinese leaders listen to "the Han"? My take is that the leadership is muddling through too. Currently, they are somewhat more competent than corresponding US leadership, but there's nothing to keep it that way, certainly not a (far from unique) Chinese tradition of turning away from wisdom and losing mandates of heaven.

    But, they do have plans, and we are the pooch.

    And?