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A key national security committee of the US Congress published a bipartisan report yesterday that raises various public policy and legal questions related to Chinese economic activity in the US.
The target companies argue the report is an exercise in protectionism. The government says it is focused national security. Analyzing solely the responses from both [...]
Chinese Official Orders Death of Villager over a land dispute
If the government wants to take away your land to make way for economic development, what should it do? In this country, the government tries to buy you out. If that fails, legal action (and sometimes not very well thought out legal decisions). [...]
Mid- to late August in Washington, DC. Little, if any, significant traffic during rush hour. Sidewalks a little less congested. Most of the political class is out and things are good, good that is if your not under the microscope of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sander Levin and Ranking [...]
One wonders why …
According to the Hill newspaper: “U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain.
Members of both parties usually relish the chance to bash [...]
Every now and then I read a post, usually a rant, making flippant commentary about whether or not China poses a national security threat to the United States. The relationship between the U.S. and China is a complex one; however, spend enough time studying it and you’ll learn that there is more to this relationship [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Chinese computer hackers may have penetrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce computer system as long as a year ago.
“What was unusual about it was that this was clearly somebody very sophisticated, who knew exactly who we are and who targeted specific people and used sophisticated tools to [...]
For folks who seriously follow export control reform efforts in this city, they know that articles from Communist Party-operated newspapers complaining about U.S. export control reform are not helpful to the process with certain agencies and most certainly the Congress.
Every time a Chinese official or “independent” scholar complains about the pace [...]
If your one of the folks in this town who follow ongoing efforts to reform U.S. export control laws, you know that control of satellite and related technologies is a hot button issue on Capitol Hill. Indeed, officials both on and off the Hill will frankly admit that it is best to leave satellite controls [...]
Pick any issue in this town and, chances are, one side or another on that issue is trying to dominate the debate to sway public opinion and elected officials. Spend enough time in court or in the halls of Congress and you’ll quickly learn that no matter is rarely as black and white as the [...]
According to numerous news reports two Chinese nationals have admitted to violating the Arms Export Control Act by conspiring to smuggle thousands of military grade radiation-hardened microchips to the People’s Republic of China. You can read more about it at The Washington Post website.
Cases such as these are things to keep in mind [...]
Well, it may have not been the Chinese Government that was caught, but it might as well have been.
According to the Department of Justice, two Chinese nationals were indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia for attempting to obtain radiation-hardened microchips in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
