Nature Index 2021 out now!
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This may have a major impact on Chinese economy in the future:
Wuhan Coronavirus Lab Leak No Longer a “Conspiracy Theory”
It was dismissed as a conspiracy theory. But now the coronavirus lab leak theory—that the coronavirus accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is gaining traction. And there are some disturbing connections between US doctors, like Peter Daszak and Anthony Fauci, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and its lead researcher Dr. Shi Zhengli.
US Funded China’s Coronavirus Research
The US was funding coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where some believe the coronavirus may have leaked from. The lab had known safety issues. What did Fauci know? Find out on this China Uncensored!
I agree. I only posted the second link because people like Fauci and Daszak have vested interests in covering up the fact that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used American tax dollars to create the Covid biological weapon virus in Chinese military lab; money which was funneled through a network including Fauci and Daszak, as well as scientific research assistance provided through American scientific community. Plenty of American scientists got rich through this money laundering program into CCP military biological weapons program, and this also has to be stopped.Just because US was funding COVID research, does not mean it is guilty.
It could have been funding it for good reasons, for medicinal research.
Real thing would be to find out:
(1) Whether there was a lab leak.
(2) If yes, was it accidental or due to poor/malicious intent.
Gordon Chang has done a great job in the following video interview (at the website linked below) in explaining why Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is guilty of a biological weapon attack regardless of whether the CCP decided after a lab leak of the biological weapon Covid virus to spread the virus to India, US and other democracies by using Chinese travellers, or whether CCP purposefully sent Chinese travellers with Covid biological weapon to these other countries to spread the virus, while simultaneously buying up all the PPE and antiviral drugs as well as locally locking down within China (while pushing other countries and foreign airlines to accept Chinese carriers of the biological weapon virus):
Gordon Chang: Communist China Has Committed ‘Mass Murder’ of AmericansGordon Chang: Communist China Has Committed ‘Mass Murder’ of Americans
Last year, Congressman Eric Swalwell’s ties to the suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang brought Chinese espionage to the forefront of national discussion. But t...www.theepochtimes.com
Last year, Congressman Eric Swalwell’s ties to the suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang brought Chinese espionage to the forefront of national discussion. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
And beyond espionage, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly belligerent globally—from fueling riots in America to encroaching in Nepali territory to celebrating COVID-19 deaths in India. What is the Chinese leadership hoping to achieve, and why do they believe—according to Chang—that they are running out of time?
Furthermore, one year on, over 3 million people have died globally from COVID-19. Beyond covering up the initial outbreak, did China’s communist leaders intentionally spread this virus beyond its borders? And if it did, what does that mean for America and the world?
In this episode, we sit down with China analyst Gordon Chang to understand the full scope of Chinese communist subversion.
A Chinese-born American chemist was found guilty on April 22 for her role in a scheme to steal trade secrets worth an estimated $120 million from American companies for the purpose of setting up a Chinese company that would manufacture the product for the global market.
After a 12-day trial, 59-year-old You Xiaorong—also known as Shannon You—of Lansing, Michigan, was convicted of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, conspiracy to commit economic espionage, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic espionage, and wire fraud, according to the Justice Department.
While working at two U.S. companies—Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia, and Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee—she stole trade secrets related to BPA-free (bisphenol-A) coating technology, which lines the insides of cans and other food and beverage containers to prevent flavor loss, corrosion, and reactions to the food or beverage content. In recent years, companies have turned to developing BPA-free coatings because of the potential health risks of BPA.
The trade secrets cost nearly $120 million to develop, and were stolen from major chemical and coating companies including Akzo-Nobel, BASF, Dow Chemical, PPG, Toyochem, Sherwin Williams, and Eastman Chemical Company, prosecutors said. You’s role as a principal engineer for global research for Coca-Cola from December 2012 to August 2017 and later as a manager at Eastman Chemical Company from September 2017 to June 2018 allowed her access to these coating companies’ BPA-free technology.
You stole the trade secrets to help establish a new BPA-free coating company in China, prosecutors said. She had two co-conspirators, Liu Xiangchen, a 63-year-old man from eastern China’s Shandong Province, and an unnamed relative of Liu, according to the department. Liu, who was indicted at the same time as You in February 2019, formed the plan to bring You’s stolen technology to China, where Liu would set up and manage a firm that would develop BPA-free packaging. In return, Liu promised You an ownership share in the new company, prosecutors said.
You also found a Chinese corporate partner in Weihai Jinhong Group, which in 2017 agreed to invest 180 million yuan ($26.58 million) for the company’s production line manufacturing BPA-non-intent coating, according to a 2018 Chinese media report.
The report also said that Weihai Jinhong Group sponsored You in her application to join the “Thousand Talents Plan” in 2018, through which she was to be rewarded 3 million yuan ($443,000) from the central government, Shandong provincial government, and Weihai City government for bringing her stolen BPA-free technology to China. At the same time, the production line also received 50 million yuan ($7.4 million) in funding from those governments, the report said.
The “Thousand Talents Plan” is a Chinese-state-sponsored recruitment program designed to entice foreign experts to work in the country. This program, and other similar Chinese plans, have drawn intense scrutiny from the U.S. government over its role in facilitating the transfer of intellectual property to China.
Prosecutors said evidence, including You’s Thousand Talents application documents, presented at the trial showed You’s intention to benefit not only Weihai Jinhong Group, but also the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
This case is the latest in a raft of prosecutions targeting Chinese state-sanctioned theft of American intellectual property in recent years.
Earlier this week, a hospital researcher was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets from an Ohio children’s hospital to sell in China. A university math professor was also indicted on charges in relation to failing to disclose support he was receiving from the CCP and a Chinese state-run university.
You is due to be sentenced on Nov. 1.