Scientists and civil rights groups in the U.S. are offering qualified praise for the federal government’s decision to rename and revise the China Initiative, but some worry it has already done lasting damage to international research collaborations.
University scientists and civil rights groups in the United States are offering qualified praise for the federal government’s decision last week to rename and revise the China Initiative, a controversial, 3-year-old law enforcement campaign intended to prevent the Chinese government from stealing U.S.-funded technologies.
China stands at the top of that list, Olsen said, pointing to its ongoing cyberattacks and silencing of dissent as well as several explicit acts of economic espionage. He citedby FBI Director Christopher Wray that described China’s behavior as “more brazen and threatening than ever before.” “If you don’t admit that you’ve done something wrong, then how can you prevent it from happening again?” asks Pei, a co-organizer of the nonprofit Asian Pacific American Justice Task Force, which hasit believes have been unjustly prosecuted. Pei and others would like DOJ to conduct a blanket review of all pending cases. “That would go a long way toward winning back the trust of the Asian and scientific communities,” Pei says.
That strategy backfired in the prosecution of Anming Hu, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,in September 2021 in a trial in which FBI agents admitted they had found no evidence of economic espionage. German hopes FBI will now put a priority on cases where it suspects espionage or the theft of intellectual property.
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