US Charges Chinese Professor With Fraud For Allegedly Taking Tech From a California Company To Benefit Huawei (reuters.com) 50
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Chinese professor with fraud for allegedly taking technology from a California company to benefit Huawei, in another shot at the embattled Chinese telecommunications equipment maker. From the report: Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. According to the criminal complaint, Mao entered into an agreement with the unnamed California tech company to obtain its circuit board, claiming it was for academic research.
The complaint, however, accuses an unidentified Chinese telecommunications conglomerate, which sources say is Huawei, of trying to steal the technology, and alleges Mao played a role in its alleged scheme. A court document also indicates the case is related to Huawei. Although Huawei has not been charged, the company said it views the case against Mao as the U.S. government's latest instance of "selective prosecution."
The complaint, however, accuses an unidentified Chinese telecommunications conglomerate, which sources say is Huawei, of trying to steal the technology, and alleges Mao played a role in its alleged scheme. A court document also indicates the case is related to Huawei. Although Huawei has not been charged, the company said it views the case against Mao as the U.S. government's latest instance of "selective prosecution."
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Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents.
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Are you sure that's correct? I heard that "Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas on Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000 bond after he consented to proceed with the case in New York, according to court documents".
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I heard that an interesting anagram of Banach-Tarski is Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski.
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This is true.
Re:How ironic (Score:5, Insightful)
They accuse a professor of transmitting knowledge...
If you do some research, and then publish a paper about it in an acknowledged scientific journal . . . you are transmitting knowledge.
If you weasel your way to get access to propriety information of a private company, and then sell it to a competitor company . . . your are committing industrial espionage.
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So what you are trying to say is this.
John steals from Peter 150 years ago. Meanwhile, 150 years pass and someone named Paul decides they're going to steal from John's great grandson because you know, John stole from Peter 150 years ago. This all makes sense...
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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"Two wrongs don't make a right."
Nope, but it sure helps keep you from finding yourself on the wrong side of history or just plain history.
Hypocrisy is the finest wine we humans produce. We all actively engage in it, then we try to defend it in nifty and useful ways one of the most recent is whataboutism claims. The old saying... "you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain."
Revenge against those that have wronged you in the past that causes those of today to pay is the most basic of hu
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"Two wrongs don't make a right."
Nope, but it sure helps keep you from finding yourself on the wrong side of history or just plain history.
Hypocrisy is the finest wine we humans produce. We all actively engage in it, then we try to defend it in nifty and useful ways one of the most recent is whataboutism claims. The old saying... "you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain."
Revenge against those that have wronged you in the past that causes those of today to pay is the most basic of human petty desires. You killed/enslaved/robbed/harmed my father so I will visit retribution upon your son/daughter/mother/father/brother/sister/cousin/aunt/uncle... you get the idea. Though when it happens to you... you will not think it petty... only when you see others do it, is it petty.
We shall do justice for ourselves and our fellow man, but we shall be villains in its delivery and execution!
Yes yes , it's best served cold yada yada first did two graves etc etc .. can we just get to the revenge part now? This guy needs to PAY.
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*dig
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Funny thing about knowledge: It’s like money.
When you make/research your own and then give it away, there’s no problem but that doesn’t mean that you can just take someone else’s and give it away.
In both cases that’s called theft.
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No they're accusing him of transmitting proprietary knowledge to a foreign power while claiming it was for in-house educational research.
Re: How ironic (Score:3)
Do a search how did Pakistan get their nuclear bomb, will you, before talking about academics disseminating knowledge...
And while at it, realize that the fuck was sales pitching to anyone willing....Lybia, Iran, Iraq..ect. According to a BBC documentary the US agencies asked 6 times for permission to kill him...
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Of course. Once they're better than you.
Hey, it worked for Japan.
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Communism is a red herring. China is fascist-capitalist, not communist.
The USA, of course, is capitalist-fascist. The basic facts are the same, but the emphasis is different.
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The US may have some issues, but to call it "fascist" is a childish overdramatization.
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The US may have some issues, but to call it "fascist" is a childish overdramatization.
Found the privileged child. Must have been nice.
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Found the privileged child. Must have been nice.
Your intellectual zipper is down, and SJW derangement is hanging out for everyone to see. You might want to zip it up.
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Just because he/she pointed out that the USA is not fascistic doesn't make him/her a "privileged child". Please refrain from utterly silly ad-hominem attacks.
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So i take it you believe the bullshit propaganda our country spreads about freedom and democracy while we bomb brown people for oil?
Re: Ya just can't trust the chinks (Score:2)
No it's not. You are an apologist for the most inhuman, murderous system ever.
The only thing that'd cure you is to actually live under communism. At which point there is no going back and you are fucked...You see how some trials are clear errors...oh wait! We TRIED it...oh well something something learn from history or doomed to repeat it...
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The only thing that'd cure you is to actually live under communism.
Where do you propose one could do that? The people at the top are always more equal than others when you get up to the size of the nation, and there always are people at the top. At smaller scales, communism can actually function quite well, and serve all of the individual members. Co-op businesses and co-op housing can both be sustainable and beneficial for everyone involved.
No "pure" system can work for everyone and in all situations, but any successful large-scale system will have elements of socialism,
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Eastern cultures don't really agree with the concept of intellectual property. I've run across the same attitude among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. To them, if you want to protect a secret, you do it by not sharing it with anyone who isn't need-to-know. If someone manages to steal your secret, it's your fault for not protecting it well enou
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I'm aware of three other cases with this scenario. Just wait for the next step "We didn't sanction this activity, it was done of his own free will for personal motivations" or something along those lines.
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His defense attorney insists a misunderstanding (Score:2, Funny)
editors... (Score:2)
...gotta edit.
So why are the first two sentences in the quoted section identical?
Industrial Espionage: it's still wrong, but... (Score:3)
It's not exclusively a Chinese activity, but it does feed into the stereotype, and our own schadenfreude.
To be fair, the Chinese don't respect or protect intellectual property in their own country, so it is not particularly shocking to discover they do not hold it in high regard internationally.
Every industrialized nation does it... China perhaps more so, since they manufacture virtually everything.
Re:Industrial Espionage: it's still wrong, but... (Score:4, Interesting)
All prosecution is selective (Score:2)
Not all possible cases are prosecuted in any court system. They are ALL selective. Selective enforcement, selective prosecution, selective punishment. Anyone who doesn't understand this is an idiot. Anyone who complains about it in court is wasting breath.
I think all crimes should be prosecuted, period, but the world will never work that way. The elite usually manage to weasel out. But in order for the system to be healthy, they have to be prosecuted FIRST.
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All scientific and technological advances belong to all of humanity.
Sure, nobody suggest we keep new tech in a vault. The question is appropriate reward for discovering these tech advances. If there are no rewards, then the rate of advances will greatly slow down as only public sector will be able to work on it. When China steals tech (as opposed to licensing and paying royalties), it decreases rewards for research and development in the private sector.
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You will have very hard time convincing corporations to invest into R&D when "unpredictable avenues" are you justification. Already MBAs prone to cutting R&D (that is both jobs and projects) as a cost-saving, if you make justification even more ephemeral, all of it will be cut.
Capitalism dictates that if it isn't monetizable, then it isn't generally getting done. I don't think you would like the results of categorizing R&D in this way.
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The masses do not produce innovation and all that personal sacrifice would not lead to new technology. Our technological society is too complex and it requires organizations, institutions, and that are inaccessible to individuals. As a result, your available choices are government funded research or privately funded research. I am 100% for more governme
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