‘Tip of the Iceberg’ China is stealing everything leaving no sector safe from espionage including agriculture, tech, medical, manufacturing and military

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Important Takeaways:

  • China is stealing everything from nuclear weapons secrets to genetically-modified seeds as part of an estimated $600billion-a-year theft of US technology, DailyMail.com can reveal.
  • Analysis of Department of Justice cases shows rampant and brazen plundering of US companies by Chinese spies who send trade secrets back home.
  • In at least two cases, Beijing has plotted to steal technology related to the production and detection of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
  • …also pilfered medical secrets from a children’s hospital in Ohio, as well as stealing seed technology from a farm in Iowa.
  • com has found more than a dozen cases in which the US Government has charged Chinese entities or individuals with conspiring to steal American intellectual property on behalf of Beijing since 2018.
  • Our audit reveals:
    • The People’s Republic of China has orchestrated attempts to steal billions of dollars worth of trade secrets from some of the biggest companies in the US, including Tesla, Google, Apple, and Coca-Cola
    • But the shameless thievery filters through all levels of society, from Wall Street to Main Street, with small businesses and start ups also targeted
    • No sector of society is safe, with agriculture, tech, manufacturing, medical and military fields all subject to Chinese espionage
    • US-based Chinese nationals are often paid large sums by CCP-backed entities or provided grant funding in exchange for passing on company secrets
  • These findings are likely to be just the tip of the iceberg, with the FBI revealing last year that it had around 2,000 active investigations related to China’s efforts to ‘steal information’

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