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Chinese National Admits Exporting US Marine Tech to China

A Chinese national has admitted to illegally exporting more than $100,000 in U.S. marine technology for a Chinese military research institute.
Chinese National Admits Exporting US Marine Tech to China
Trucks transport shipping containers at a dockyard in Qingdao in eastern China on Sept. 25, 2020. Chinatopix Via AP
Isabel van Brugen
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A Chinese national and businessman has admitted to illegally exporting more than $100,000 in U.S. marine technology to a Chinese military research institute.

Shuren Qin, a 44-year-old marine biologist and founder of LinkOcean Technologies, a company that sells oceanographic instruments, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to one count of conspiracy to unlawfully export U.S. anti-submarine warfare devices to China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU).

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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