Researchers Trained in U.S., After Returning to China, Are Driving Military Breakthroughs for Beijing

A new report puts at 162 the number who did research at just one major American laboratory and returned to China to help its military modernize.

Uzbekistan Presidential Press Service via AP
Headed by Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party currently operates nearly 500 foreign talent programs, according to the report. Uzbekistan Presidential Press Service via AP

Some 162 researchers conducting sensitive military research for the U.S. at Los Alamos have returned to China, where they have contributed to major breakthroughs in the PLA’s military modernization, a new report discloses.

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