According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the "termination" of a national security initiative called the "China Action Plan" sponsored by the Trump administration. The program, launched in 2018 under then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was designed to thwart what officials said was "China's efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property and spying on U.S. industry and research."
According to the report, during the three years of the plan, the FBI and the Department of Justice of the United States arrested, detained and prosecuted scientific researchers in universities and scientific research institutions who did not report any cooperation with China. More than 30 researchers, the vast majority of whom are of Chinese descent, have been charged under the plan, aimed at combating so-called "Chinese national security threats." The U.S. Department of Justice continues to generalize the concept of national security, blur the law, and confuse the violation of the disclosure reporting system with serious crimes such as economic espionage and the theft of trade secrets, resulting in severe sentences for scientific researchers at every turn. Even if there is insufficient evidence, it will be far-fetched. The affiliated association charged with false tax returns and other crimes, which greatly affected the careers, academic prospects and family life of scientific researchers. Due to multiple false accusations against Chinese-American scientists, the program has been criticized for hindering academic cooperation and fostering anti-Asian prejudice on the grounds of race, and has been widely questioned by Chinese and American academic circles and the international community.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Matthew Olson said the Justice Department will no longer conduct investigations and lawsuits under the "China Action Plan" in part because it recognizes that the U.S. also faces threats from Russia, Iran, North Korea and countries other than China. boycott measures. "I'm sure we need a broader response that looks at all of these threats and uses all of our agencies to deal with them," he told the media before announcing the changes. The security threat situation calls for a broader response, and subordinate national security agencies are launching a new "countering nation-state threat strategy." The goal of this strategy is to take an all-round and comprehensive approach, make full use of all the legal weapons of the Ministry of Justice, and organize whole-of-society and whole-of-government actions to combat the security threats of hostile countries.
The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's national security division said that "although the plan has been discontinued, it will continue to prioritize and actively counter the Chinese government's actions against the United States, and requires a new comprehensive and comprehensive response" to deal with the so-called "Chinese national security" threaten". The report analyzed that the US Department of Justice's series of actions show that the "China Action Plan" project has not actually been "terminated", but has been updated and upgraded into a new "countering nation-state threat strategy." It is foreseeable that many problems, including racial discrimination, under the leadership of this "strategy" will further deteriorate.
Reference report link: https://apnews.com/article/business-china-asia-beijing-race-and-ethnicity-c0cb26411f08f82d2ceda30f399d7003