So Much for the Tech Espionage Narrative? - Chinese Professor Clears his Name for Alleged Espionage

[Lure]

First, let's start with some background information. Xi Xiaoxing is a physics professor in Temple University. He has a very good academic career, making key research in very notable areas like superconductivity. One day he collaborates with a Chinese peer, and the next day he finds himself being arrested by FBI agents.

You can check out the following links for his arrest.

Spy charges stem from US anxiety over China - Global Times
Temple University professor arrested for 'sharing US defense tech with China' | Daily Mail Online
China Has Some U.S. Secrets
Temple University physics professor accused of passing tech secrets to China | US news | The Guardian

He underwent a trial that has a possible consequence of 80 years in prison.

A Temple University professor faces 80 years in jail for allegedly planning to pass tech secrets to China - Business Insider

After months long investigation, facing enormous charges, being followed by agents everywhere; it has been determined that he was making a regular collaboration with one of his fellow academicians in China.

Xi Xiaoxing charges to be dropped - Business Insider
Evidence error: US drops spy charges against professor | Business Standard News
Professor says he's grateful feds dropped China secrets case | Daily Mail Online

He lived all this only because of some speculation that an idiot made behind his desk. Let's make our fair share of speculation then. Were there any racial profiling against Xi Xiaoxing? Are tens of thousands of Chinese Americans who are working in various engineering projects in both Academia and Private Sector are potential suspects for such idiot allegations? Is it a new Senator McCarthy style witch hunt?

Let me finish with Xi Xiaoxing's statement about the issue :

"At the right time, I will tell my side of the story," he said. "Not just to clear my name and repair my reputation, but to do my part in making sure that no American citizen, regardless of where he or she was born, should have to be put through the ordeal that I have gone through."

 

[TaiShang]

First, let's start with some background information. Xi Xiaoxing is a physics professor in Temple University. He has a very good academic career, making key research in very notable areas like superconductivity. One day he collaborates with a Chinese peer, and the next day he finds himself being arrested by FBI agents.

You can check out the following links for his arrest.

Spy charges stem from US anxiety over China - Global Times
Temple University professor arrested for 'sharing US defense tech with China' | Daily Mail Online
China Has Some U.S. Secrets
Temple University physics professor accused of passing tech secrets to China | US news | The Guardian

He underwent a trial that has a possible consequence of 80 years in prison.

A Temple University professor faces 80 years in jail for allegedly planning to pass tech secrets to China - Business Insider

After months long investigation, facing enormous charges, being followed by agents everywhere; it has been determined that he was making a regular collaboration with one of his fellow academicians in China.

Xi Xiaoxing charges to be dropped - Business Insider
Evidence error: US drops spy charges against professor | Business Standard News
Professor says he's grateful feds dropped China secrets case | Daily Mail Online

He lived all this only because of some speculation that an idiot made behind his desk. Let's make our fair share of speculation then. Were there any racial profiling against Xi Xiaoxing? Are tens of thousands of Chinese Americans who are working in various engineering projects in both Academia and Private Sector are potential suspects for such idiot allegations? Is it a new Senator McCarthy style witch hunt?

Let me finish with Xi Xiaoxing's statement about the issue :

"At the right time, I will tell my side of the story," he said. "Not just to clear my name and repair my reputation, but to do my part in making sure that no American citizen, regardless of where he or she was born, should have to be put through the ordeal that I have gone through."

Terrible to hear what he had to go through.

If I were him, I would leave that bloody country for good and never look back.

CCTV News:

Meanwhile, other renowned physicists have also confirmed that FBI agents and prosecutors had been poorly informed about the science, leading to a shoddy investigation.

Earlier, Professor Xi had pleaded not guilty in June after the indictment. If had been convicted of the crime, the 47-year-old physicist would have ended up facing up to 80 years in prison.

"I don't expect them to understand everything I do, but the fact that they don't consult with experts and then charge me? Put my family through all this? Damage my reputation? They shouldn't do this. This is not a joke. This is not a game." Xi Xiaoping said

 

[Pangu]

Reminds me of Qian Xuesen. We all know what happened when they screwed the wrong guy.