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Summary Eamon Javers (Twitter, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter, LinkedIn) to discuss China’s Corporate Spy War. Eamon is the Senior Washington correspondent at CNBC.   What You’ll Learn Intelligence  Why go after corporate secrets?  What’s at stake for the United States  The case of Yanjun Xu and GE Aviation Military implications of economic espionage  Reflections  The innovation nation Simple twists of fate  And much, much more …  ***FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE***   Episode Notes This week on SpyCast, Andrew is joined by CNBC’s Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers to discuss his new documentary, China’s Corporate Spy War.   Quotes of the Week “I don't think people in corporate America knew that, fully understood the scale of the threat. They thought this was kind of an annoyance like shoplifting is, and that you kind of just build in some procedures and there's some sunk costs associated with that, and you move on. What these intelligence guys were describing was an entirely different threat. This was the elimination of major American brands from the global marketplace.” - Eamon Javers.  Resources  SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts*   Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East vs. West with Calder Walton (2023)   The Counterintelligence Chief with FBI Assistant Director Alan Kohler (2023)  Trafficking Data: The Digital Struggle with China with Aynne Kokas (2023)  The FBI &amp; Cyber with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 1 (2022)  The FBI &amp; Cyber with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 2 (2022)  Dealing with Russia – A Conversation with Counterintelligence Legend Jim Olson (2022)   *Beginner Resources*   What is Corporate Espionage?, A. T. Tunggal, UpGuard (2023) [Article]  Timeline: U.S.-China Relations, Council on Foreign Relations (n.d.) [Timeline]  A Tale of High Stakes Corporate Espionage, Bloomberg (2023) [7:44 video]   ***FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE***  DEEPER DIVE Books   SPIES: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West, C. Walton (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2023)  The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage, M. Hvistendahl (Riverhead Books, 2020)   To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, J. Olson (GUP, 2019)  Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage, E. Javers (HarperCollins, 2010)   Primary Sources    A Survey of Reported Chinese Espionage, 2000 to the Present, CSIS (2023)   Justice Department Announces Five Cases as Part of Recently Launched Disruptive Technology Strike Force, U.S. Department of Justice (2023)   Chinese Government Intelligence Officer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets From Cincinnati Company, U.S. Department of Justice (2022)   Executive Summary - China: The Risk to Corporate America, FBI (2019)   Economic Espionage Act (1996)   *Wildcard Resource*   The Second Letter from Père d’Entrecolles to Father Orry (1722)  The art of porcelain making and selling was mastered under the Qing Dynasty. The West got curious and knew the form of pottery could be profitable to produce on their own. Because of the secrets shared by this Jesuit priest, China’s monopoly on porcelain production quickly toppled and the practice was spread across Europe.    ***FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE*** 

<h3><strong>Summary</strong></h3> <p>Eamon Javers (<a href="https://twitter.com/EamonJavers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eamon-javers-3728178/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>) joins Andrew (<a href="https://twitter.com/spyhistorian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hammond-09344936/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn)</a> to discuss China’s Corporate Spy War. Eamon is the Senior Washington correspondent at CNBC. </p> <h3><br/></h3> <h3><strong>What You’ll Learn</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Intelligence</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Why go after corporate secrets? </li> <li>What’s at stake for the United States </li> <li>The case of Yanjun Xu and GE Aviation</li> <li>Military implications of economic espionage</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Reflections</strong></h3> <ul> <li>The innovation nation</li> <li>Simple twists of fate</li> </ul> <h3><strong>And much, much more …</strong></h3> <h3> <strong><em>***</em></strong><a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/597/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE</em></strong></a><strong><em>***</em></strong> </h3> <h3><br/></h3> <h3><strong>Episode Notes</strong></h3> <p>This week on SpyCast, Andrew is joined by CNBC’s Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers to discuss his new documentary, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/documentaries/spy-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>China’s Corporate Spy War</em></a>. </p> <h3><br/></h3> <h3><strong>Quotes of the Week</strong></h3> <p><em>“I don't think people in corporate America knew that, fully understood the scale of the threat. They thought this was kind of an annoyance like shoplifting is, and that you kind of just build in some procedures and there's some sunk costs associated with that, and you move on. What these intelligence guys were describing was an entirely different threat. This was the elimination of major American brands from the global marketplace.” </em>- Eamon Javers.</p> <h3><br/></h3> <h3><strong>Resources </strong></h3> <h3><strong>SURFACE SKIM</strong></h3> <h3><strong>*SpyCasts*</strong></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/590/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East vs. West</a> with Calder Walton (2023) </li> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/574/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Counterintelligence Chief</a> with FBI Assistant Director Alan Kohler (2023)</li> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/564/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trafficking Data: The Digital Struggle with China</a> with Aynne Kokas (2023)</li> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/565/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FBI &amp; Cyber</a> with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 1 (2022)</li> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/566/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FBI &amp; Cyber</a> with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 2 (2022)</li> <li> <a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/547/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dealing with Russia</a> – A Conversation with Counterintelligence Legend Jim Olson (2022) </li> </ul> <h3><strong>*Beginner Resources*</strong></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.upguard.com/blog/corporate-espionage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Corporate Espionage?</a>, A. T. Tunggal, UpGuard (2023) [Article]</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-china-relations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timeline: U.S.-China Relations</a>, <em>Council on Foreign Relations</em> (n.d.) [Timeline]</li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlq4WSpUH8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Tale of High Stakes Corporate Espionage</a>, <em>Bloomberg </em>(2023) [7:44 video]</li> </ul> <p><br/></p> <p><strong><em>***</em></strong><a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/597/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE</em></strong></a><strong><em>***</em></strong></p> <h3><br/></h3> <h3><strong>DEEPER DIVE</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Books</strong></h3> <ul> <li> <em>SPIES: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and</em> <em>West</em>, C. Walton (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2023)</li> <li> <em>The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage</em>, M. Hvistendahl (Riverhead Books, 2020) </li> <li> <em>To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence</em>, J. Olson (GUP, 2019)</li> <li> <em>Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage</em>, E. Javers (HarperCollins, 2010) </li> </ul> <h3><strong>Primary Sources </strong></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-03/230329_CN_Espionage_List.pdf?VersionId=zrNh__rgByZlgiXW6yL8ARyawFNSIEPw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Survey of Reported Chinese Espionage, 2000 to the Present</a>, <em>CSIS</em> (2023) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-five-cases-part-recently-launched-disruptive-technology-strike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justice Department Announces Five Cases as Part of Recently Launched Disruptive Technology Strike Force</a>, <em>U.S. Department of Justice</em> (2023) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-government-intelligence-officer-sentenced-20-years-prison-espionage-crimes-attempting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese Government Intelligence Officer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets From Cincinnati Company</a>, U.S. Department of Justice (2022) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/china-exec-summary-risk-to-corporate-america-2019.pdf/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Summary - China: The Risk to Corporate America</a>, <em>FBI</em> (2019) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ294/pdf/PLAW-104publ294.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Economic Espionage Act</a> (1996) </li> </ul> <h3><strong>*Wildcard Resource*</strong></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://gotheborg.com/letters/letters_second.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Second Letter from Père d’Entrecolles to Father Orry</a> (1722) </li> <li>The art of porcelain making and selling was mastered under the Qing Dynasty. The West got curious and knew the form of pottery could be profitable to produce on their own. Because of the secrets shared by this Jesuit priest, China’s monopoly on porcelain production quickly toppled and the practice was spread across Europe.</li> </ul> <p><br/></p> <h3> <strong><em>***</em></strong><a href="https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/spycast/597/notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE</em></strong></a><strong><em>***</em></strong> </h3>

“China’s Corporate Spy War” – with CNBC’s Eamon Javers 

SPY Historian Vince Houghton discusses corporate espionage with CNBC’s Washington Reporter Eamon Javers, who is also the author of the book Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage.Get the book: http://www.spymuseumstore.org/broker-trader-lawyer-spy.html#.Vz3tD_krIdU

SPY Historian Vince Houghton discusses corporate espionage with CNBC’s Washington Reporter Eamon Javers, who is also the author of the book Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage.<br><br>Get the book: <a href="http://www.spymuseumstore.org/broker-trader-lawyer-spy.html#.Vz3tD_krIdU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.spymuseumstore.org/broker-trader-lawyer-spy.html#.Vz3tD_krIdU</a>

Corporate Espionage: An Interview with CNBC’s Eamon Javers

Join Paulie Abeles of Real Democrats for a weekly show “Sins of Omission”--- aimed at giving listeners insight into the topics of the day beyond the nightly news.GUEST: Award winning journalist and author EAMON JAVERS discusses his new book on corporate espionage: "Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy".

Join Paulie Abeles of Real Democrats for a weekly show “Sins of Omission”--- aimed at giving listeners insight into the topics of the day beyond the nightly news.<br>GUEST: Award winning journalist and author EAMON JAVERS discusses his new book on corporate espionage: "Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy".