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What a terrible article. Lots of unprovable allegations and over-the-top adjectives, very light on actual facts. Looks like it was written by representatives fo

What a terrible article. Lots of unprovable allegations and over-the-top adjectives, very light on actual facts. Looks like it was written by representatives for the prosecution or DuPont. The author throws "America" and "China" in there, and seems to assume that that’s enough to prove guilt.

mc32 11y ago
It's a story about industrial espionage, it includes allegations and claims from both sides; what did you expect, Xinhua news?
- bostik 11y ago
  I find it fascinating that the article never uses that term. It comes close to it, using "economic espionage" twice, but otherwise refers to the activity as trade-secret theft, or just "plain" theft. Which it is, of course. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the author, and likely the editor too, have both made sure to avoid calling it industrial espionage. To me that term would have a very loaded connotation: "Company X is competing in an industry, and have inferior technology to someone else. Of course they will resort to espionage. They would be stupid and financially irresponsible not to." Or maybe I'm just too cynical and jaded.
  - becauseICan 11y ago
    Or Liew was charge for violations of the "Economic Espionage Act". And theft is more common as a charge since one doesn't need to prove as many extenuating facts i.e. only that it was stolen, not why it was stolen. I suspect the author was being careful to be factual. https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/walter-liew-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-economic-espionage https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/walter-...
madaxe_again 11y ago
No, this is a great article, because it shows that America is good and China is bad. Dupont are the innocent party here, they've been wronged, and we should pity them. Maybe we should start a kickstarter to try to raise some money for them?
chaostheory 11y ago
It's probably a submarine article commissioned by Dupont's PR firm.

mc32 11y ago

It's a story about industrial espionage, it includes allegations and claims from both sides; what did you expect, Xinhua news?

bostik 11y ago
I find it fascinating that the article never uses that term. It comes close to it, using "economic espionage" twice, but otherwise refers to the activity as trade-secret theft, or just "plain" theft. Which it is, of course. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the author, and likely the editor too, have both made sure to avoid calling it industrial espionage. To me that term would have a very loaded connotation: "Company X is competing in an industry, and have inferior technology to someone else. Of course they will resort to espionage. They would be stupid and financially irresponsible not to." Or maybe I'm just too cynical and jaded.
- becauseICan 11y ago
  Or Liew was charge for violations of the "Economic Espionage Act". And theft is more common as a charge since one doesn't need to prove as many extenuating facts i.e. only that it was stolen, not why it was stolen. I suspect the author was being careful to be factual. https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/walter-liew-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-economic-espionage https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/walter-...

madaxe_again 11y ago

No, this is a great article, because it shows that America is good and China is bad. Dupont are the innocent party here, they've been wronged, and we should pity them. Maybe we should start a kickstarter to try to raise some money for them?

chaostheory 11y ago

It's probably a submarine article commissioned by Dupont's PR firm.