Those who follow Chinese espionage are not surprised at the prosecution of Walter Liew for stealing trade secrets by bribing other employees, like Robert Maegerle, also convicted. This sounds like a victory for the U.S. against Chinese espionage, but it would only be a small one, if so. [for the story see: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-dupont-china-verdict-idUSBREA2501420140306 ]
This story actually started two years ago. In an account by ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/chinese-espionage-aleged-to-target-dupont/ The original story involved five individuals and five Chinese companies. One of those companies has already opened a factory with the stolen technology and has produced, for the past three years, 100,000 tons of titanium dioxide in Chongqing, China. The Chinese got what they wanted, they suffered almost nothing for stealing the trade secrets, and they are still doing it every day. Prosecuting two people is not going to help stop this kind of State-run espionage, stealing information and plowing it back into their economy. The Chinese have not bothered with trade secret protection, except their own, anywhere in the world. They keep moving up on the list of filed patents, while stealing other companies technology. It is part of their larger effort to win the Economic Information War. Amazon books:
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