Comments on: Chinese spys in Silicon Valley - do you buy it? http://www.virtual-china.org/2006/11/01/chinese-spys-in-silicon-valley-do-you-buy-it/ An exploration of virtual experiences and environments in and about China. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: davesgonechina http://www.virtual-china.org/2006/11/01/chinese-spys-in-silicon-valley-do-you-buy-it/#comment-494 davesgonechina Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:53:50 +0000 http://207.47.0.153/?p=402#comment-494 <a href="http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/727/how-many-chinese-front-companies" rel="nofollow">ArmsControlWonk</a> addressed this question pretty definitively last year. The 3,000 number basically arises from a bad game of telephone. The Cox Report stated there were about 3,000 Chinese corporations, and some had links to the PLA or technology acquisition. Cox made clear that some subset was possibly front companies. But the FBI director Mueller got misquoted, and then it became a bad meme that just won't die. ArmsControlWonk addressed this question pretty definitively last year. The 3,000 number basically arises from a bad game of telephone. The Cox Report stated there were about 3,000 Chinese corporations, and some had links to the PLA or technology acquisition. Cox made clear that some subset was possibly front companies.

But the FBI director Mueller got misquoted, and then it became a bad meme that just won’t die.

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