foreign investment, intellectual property theft, u.s. china trade war

China Passes New Foreign Investment Laws to Appease US

In a bid to end the trade war with America, China has passed a new foreign investment law that would address many of the U.S.’s concerns that triggered the conflict. The law was passed with an overwhelming majority, with the National People’s Congress voting 2,929 in support of it. Only eight votes were cast against ...

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United States Fighting Back Against Chinese Hackers

In December 2018, the United States government charged two Chinese nationals for a hacking attempt aimed at stealing sensitive information from at least 45 American tech companies. The Chinese hackers, who are part of a hacking group known as APT10, even targeted the NASA Goddard Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The charges are likely ...

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Hacking.

Chinese Hackers Charged by US for Stealing Business Secrets

The U.S. administration has charged two Chinese nationals with stealing sensitive business secrets from several American and international companies. The accused Chinese hackers are linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chinese hackers stealing business secrets The hackers have been identified to be part of a group known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (APT 10). ...

Jack Roberts

Why China’s Current Growth Model Will Always Be an Abysmal Failure

China’s rapid growth over the past decades has been a topic of intense study for economic and political analysts all over the world. While some people admire how China turned a third world country into a major superpower within a short period of time, those who take a closer peek at the workings of Chinese ...

Armin Auctor

Constructing a high-rise building.

Why Intellectual Property Rights Do Not Exist Under Communism

Unlike the U.S., China has a very weak track record when it comes to protecting Intellectual Property rights (IP). In fact, China is famous for producing fake products of every popular brand, whether it be something as simple as a handbag or as sophisticated as a smartphone. American businesses lose billions of dollars every year ...

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China’s Thousand Talents Program Goes Underground

At the height of the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation began to comprehensively investigate China’s Thousand Talents Program in order to prevent the release of advanced technology. China’s Thousand Talents Program was established in 2008 with the stated aim being to bring top-notch professionals from all parts of the world to ...

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American Security and Prosperity Threatened by Chinese Espionage

Chinese espionage has been increasing against U.S. companies and security establishments with an intention to destroy American values and influence. And though President Trump initiated import tariffs on Chinese products in a bid to force Beijing to stop the theft of U.S. intellectual property, stricter actions may be required to keep the communist nation in ...

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Researcher Pleads Guilty for Selling Drug Secrets to China

A Chinese-American researcher has pleaded guilty in a case involving theft of a U.S. company’s drug secrets and of selling drug secrets to certain people from China. This is yet another incident highlighting how Beijing is working against American interests. Caught in the act of selling drug secrets The accused, Yu Xue, was a senior ...

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3 Reasons for the U.S.-China Trade War

The U.S.-China trade war may very well be the event that defines which nation will end up as the top superpower of the 21st century. And as far as the U.S. is concerned, there are three major reasons why it has headed into the trade war — China’s disregard for World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, ...

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