A Chinese spy was convicted on US soil of crimes involving attempted trade secret theft,Yanjun Xu tried to steal trade secrets from GE Aviation and other leading aviation groups, prosecutors said.A Chinese spy was convicted on US soil of crimes involving the attempted theft of trade secrets from American aviation companies,The spy, Yanjun Xu, is the first Chinese intelligence officer to be extradited to the US to stand trial, the DoJ said.
FBI assistant director Alan Kohler said Xu's conviction should be "a wakeup call" that China was "stealing American technology to benefit their economy and military." Xu tried to steal technology related to GE Aviation's composite aircraft engine fan, which no other company in the world has been able to duplicate, the DoJ said.
They were doing that earlier regarding Site C and Turbine tech. View my thread here.
No wonder China 🇨🇳 has been making remarkable technical advances.
The Chinese always said they would prey on the American greed to get secrets.