In 2021 a team at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) launched a “quantum link” network. The network was developed using technology and equipment from foreign universities and countries. Through this university collaboration, the PRC has developed an ‘unhackable’ communication network connecting Beijing to Shanghai.
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Chinese national, Hao Zhang, was convicted of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for his operations involving American companies Avago and Skyworks. From 2010 to 2015 he coordinated with co-conspirators from Tianjin University in China to take the IP from Avago and Skyworks and recreate the optoelectronics equipment for his own company domestically in China.