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The controversial proposal would create a legal mechanism by which individuals could be rendered from Hong Kong back to mainland China. Many fear that it would be used by Beijing to grab individuals that China couldn’t otherwise get its hands on.
It’s not clear whether criminal charges against hackers deter foreign adversaries, but they are still valuable.
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news.
The president wanted to let the Commerce Department cut Huawei off from U.S. components. His order may do quite a bit more.
The United States is currently the world leader in technological innovation, but it faces a challenger in China. It is responding by adopting measures the authors term “shielding, stifling and spurring,” such as the new export controls on Huawei.
On May 1, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA employee, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide classified information to the Chinese government in violation of the Espionage Act. The statement of facts and plea agreement are below.
Statement of Facts
A surprise Justice Department filing in a case charging Huawei with bank fraud and sanctions avoidance provides a rare glimpse into the larger question of Huawei’s relationship to China’s intelligence services.
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news.
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news.
Huawei has filed suit against the United States, alleging that provisions of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act restricting use of Huawei equipment and services by government agencies and contractors constitute an unconstitutional bill of attainder against the company. The lawsuit comes after high-profile indictments of the company and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in recent weeks.