China's Successful Pursuit Of Industrial Secrets Is Helping Beijing To Rapidly Improve Its Military

A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter. China's military has struggled to develop aircraft engines on its own. Reuters  

Business Insider: A recent spy case shows how China has been able to pull off its whirlwind military modernization 

 * In November, a US jury convicted Yanjun Xu, a senior Chinese intelligence officer, of espionage. 

 * Xu was arrested in Belgium in 2018 and is the first Chinese intelligence officer extradited to the US. 

 * The case shows how China has pursued industrial secrets to help it rapidly improve its own military. 

A historic court decision sheds light on how China has used espionage to gain a military and economic advantage over the US and the rest of the world. 

US counterintelligence officials managed to lure Yanjun Xu, a senior Chinese intelligence officer, out of China in 2018 and then get him extradited to the US to stand trial for attempting to steal advanced aircraft-engine technology, which China's military has struggled to develop. 

This case is only the latest in a series of espionage operations by Beijing meant to steal industrial and military secrets from the US and its allies and partners and even from Russia — theft that has allowed China's military to rapidly build its arsenals of sophisticated weapons.  

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WNU Editor: A prediction. China is investing enormous funds to be a leader in scientific research. I would not be surprised if in the coming years it will be the US trying to steal China's industrial secrets.

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