A protester holds a US flag outside of the Chinese consulate in Houston on July 24, after the State Department ordered China to close the consulate. Photo: AFP
US laws ill equipped to halt suspected Chinese state-sponsored technology transfers, says congressional group
- Export controls and IP laws do not cover most of the data Beijing acquires through programmes that support Chinese researchers in the US, says report
- Concerns of technology transfers has led to scores of charges against Chinese researchers over the past year
