Intellectual property

Matthew Olsen, Countering Nation-State Threats, February 23, 2022

February 23, 2022

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division, Matthew Olsen, spoke on February 23, 2022. While emphasizing the size and persistence of the threat of the Chinese government, Olsen also announced the Department was ending its China Initiative. Then Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the initiative on November 1, 2018. Olsen spoke at George Mason University.

Looking at the U.S. Justice Department's China Initiative

January 3, 2022

Links to interviews USCI has conducted and documents it has collected relating to the Justice Department's push to curb Chinese economic espionage.

U.S. Dept. of Justice, The China Initiative: Year in Review, Nov. 16, 2020

November 16, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice launched its China Initiative in 2018. It issued this progress report in late 2020.

John Demers, Economic Espionage by the People’s Republic of China, Nov. 1, 2018

John Demers
January 30, 2020

John Demers
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2018
 

U.S. Senate, China's Talent Recruitment Plans, Nov. 18, 2019

January 28, 2020

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations staff issued a report on the threat to U.S. research advantages posed by China's efforts to recruit talent.

Jeff Sessions, 2018, New Initiative to Combat Chinese Economic Espionage

November 1, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2018
(Please download the DOJ China Initiative below.)

U.S. Department of Justice, University Professor Charged In Wire Fraud Scheme, May 21, 2015

May 21, 2015

This is the U.S. Department of Justice announcement of the indictment of physicist Xiaoxing Xi. The charges were subsequently dropped.

Video: The Obama – Xi Sunnylands Summit seen through the press and popular culture in the U.S. and China

September 23, 2013

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and the USC U.S.–China Institute present a panel discussion to examine the media coverage and other behind the scenes details of the superpower summit.

Video: Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century

August 2, 2013

The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk with Orville Schell on China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.

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