After the fact: Pentagon to probe hi-tech transfer to China

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The US Defense Department will conduct an investigation to assess whether the telecommunications technology transferred from the American company SCM to the the Chinese company Hua Mei Communications will be used by the People's Liberation Army. The transfer may have involved John Lewis, who has worked for SCM and has ties to the Pentagon, which has authority over such transfers. Lewis may have a conflict of interest due to his involvement in Pentagon affairs and his possible involvement in telecommunications companies in China.

International trade, Investigations, Political aspects, United States. Department of Defense, Hua Mei Communications

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Peace dividend

Article Abstract:

A group of well-connected US businessmen has alarmed defense officials by transferring ultramodern communications technology to a Beijing company half-owned by China's military. Jahn Lewis, a friend and advisor to US Defense Secretary WIlliam Perry, founded a joint venture called Hua Mei Telecommunications, owned half by SC&M Brooks Telecommunications and half by PLA company Galaxy New Technology. The deal, arranged without Pentagon approval, gives China 21st-century command and control capabilities.

Communications Equipment, Telecommunications Equipment, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, Electronic Components and Accessories, Military Electronics, Joint ventures, Telecommunications systems, Defense industry

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Not over yet: U.S.-China technology deal raises Congress's hackles

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News of suspicious links and back-room deals regarding a proposed defense-conversion arrangement with China has the US Congress concerned and Defense Secretary William Perry taking a direct hand. Perry's one-time doctoral supervisor, John Lewis, co-founded Hua Mei Telecommunications, a joint venture with close ties to China's Peoples' Liberation Army. Hua Mei was to get a $50 million grant from the US to further a project that could give the Chinese military advanced telecommunications capabilities.

Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, United States, Telecommunications industry, Chinese foreign relations, United States foreign relations

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