Posted on 04/05/2018 8:51:00 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
A scientist from China has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for stealing seeds of genetically modified American rice, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
The Chinese scientist, Weiqiang Zhang, 51, was a legal permanent resident living in Manhattan, Kansas. He was working as a rice breeder at Ventria Bioscience, a biopharmaceutical company that creates genetically modified rice. He stole hundreds of rice seeds from the company that had cost millions of dollars and taken years of research to develop, according to the Justice Department. He kept the seeds in his home.
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Russians! Oh no, wait.
And,of course,some are very willing spies...either because they work for the Chinese government (openly or secretly) or because they're loyal to the greatest man who ever lived,Mao Tse Tung.
Famous names to fit the category:
Mark Zuckerberg
Mitch McConnell
Didn’t the Marco Polo’s family have an extended stay in China due to a family member trying to leave with silkworms?
What has China ever done well, outside of corporate espionage?
“R & R for Charlie meant a little rat meat and rice...”
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