China has 600 outposts across the world to recruit scientists
Report claims to have uncovered network to acquire advanced technology in not only the US, but also Germany, Australia, the UK and beyond
The Chinese government has built a network of 600 international outposts across the world to recruit foreign experts and scientists in order to acquire advanced technology and protected intellectual property, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has claimed.
In a new report, the ASPI, a thinktank founded by Australia’s government, has created a database of 600 overseas talent-recruitment stations to illustrate the international reach of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The outposts are contracted out to organisations or individuals who are paid to recruit overseas scientists, and they might have no clear physical presence or be co-located with the organisations contracted to run them, the ASPI explained.