# Chinese Tech Giants and the accusations of IP theft and possible episonage

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**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-tech-giants-and-the-accusations-of-ip-theft-and-possible-episonage/226459 "2012-10-09T08:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-tech-giants-and-the-accusations-of-ip-theft-and-possible-episonage/226459/1 "2012-10-09T08:45:27Z")

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[video][http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7424702n[/video]](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7424702n%5B/video%5D)

[Congress accuses Chinese tech giants of un-American activities via Arstechnica](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/congress-accuses-chinese-tech-giants-of-un-american-activities/)

Not sure anyone has been following it, I find it very interesting. Also I will admit I find it a tad ironic that we worry about chinese government interference but our own government killed a deal, in the interest of “national security”.

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-tech-giants-and-the-accusations-of-ip-theft-and-possible-episonage/226459/2 "2012-10-09T09:34:51Z")

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Seems like something China would do backdoor networking gear…

I know the DoD has had issues with this in the past.