Washington:: In a report on Thursday, Real Clear Investigations, the investigative arm of American political news website RealClear Politics, said technology theft is an important part of China's effort to supplant the United States both as the dominant military power in Asia and as the world's leader in science and technology.

At least half a dozen prominent academic figure in America have been arrested and charged, failing to disclose connections to Chinese research institutes, reported Real Clear Investigations, adding that these prosecutions illustrate growing American alarm about Chinese technology theft.

Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Gang Chen, a well-known MIT nanotechnologist and charged the China-born naturalized American with concealing close and lucrative connections to China's scientific and technological establishment on his applications for federal research grants. Gang has pleaded not guilty.

Also, Charles Lieber, the chair of the Harvard University Chemistry Department, has also been accused of concealing his participation in an ambitious, state-sponsored Chinese effort to recruit top scientists and engineers from around the world to work in China.

"The prosecutions illustrate growing American alarm about Chinese technology theft, an important part of China's effort to supplant the United States both as the dominant military power in Asia and as the world's leader in science and technology.

The focus of academic ties to China is a part of the larger Department of Justice task force launched by the Trump administration in 2018, called the China Initiative.

Among its more threatening aspects is a state-directed campaign to send advanced Chinese researchers to the United States while disguising their true identities.

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