Chinese Professors Charged With Economic Espionage

Six Chinese citizens, including two university professors, have been indicted on U.S. charges of pilfering sensitive mobile-phone technology from two companies in the U.S. and sharing it with the Chinese government.

The charges represent the latest salvo in the U.S. government’s effort to pressure Beijing to stop what American officials say is the widespread theft of trade secrets to benefit China’s commercial and military industries. In this case, the Justice Department alleges that two Chinese researchers at U.S. companies conspired with officials at a state-run university in China to steal wireless technology and mass produce it back home.