This is the first blog in a multi-part series that examines the economic warfare China has been, and continues, to wage against the United States. In this blog series, we will examine who the adversary is, historic US and China trade history & immigration policy and China’s national initiatives. We will also review recently prosecuted cases of China’s Intellectual Property (IP) and trade secret theft from the US military, US defense contractors, US businesses and US universities. As well, we will examine the tactics China used/uses to perpetrate these massive thefts from the US. Our ultimate goal is to provide information that can be used by US targets of Chinese Economic Espionage exploits to better protect their valuable intellectual property and trade secrets for their benefit, and for the benefit of the US.
If you have watched the news or read newspapers at almost any time during the past few decades, you have likely heard reports that the People’s Republic of China (aka PRC, aka China) has been waging economic warfare against the United States.
Webster’s dictionary defines economic warfare as “the use of, or the threat to use, economic means against a country in order to weaken its economy and thereby reduce its political and military power.”
For decades, China has been strategically stealing valuable US intellectual property, trade secrets and human talent for China’s economic, political and military benefit. They have been, and still are, targeting US government agencies, US critical infrastructure, US defense contractors, US businesses and US universities. . .
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