Chinese Nationals working in the US
If you are of Chinese decent, you travel to and from the PRC while currently living in the US and you are working for a company in the US, what is the probability that person is an agent of the PRC?
Chinese citizens can apply to the public security organs of the city or county where they are registered to leave the country for private reasons.
Approval is granted unless there are exceptions.
According to migrationpolicy.org, the Chinese diaspora in the United States is the ninth largest in the country and is made up of around 5.4 million people.
This includes people who were born in China, Hong Kong, or Macao, or who have Chinese ancestry or race.
According to CNN, Chinese nationals are one of the largest groups of successful asylum seekers in the US.
In 2022, nearly 13% of people granted asylum came from China, which is just over 4,500 people.
Between 2 and 3 million people travel to/from the PRC to the USA every year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/214813/number-of-visitors-to-the-us-from-china/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_intelligence_activity_abroad
In March 2023, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) based in Washington DC published an updated Survey of Chinese Espionage in the United States Since 2000, which includes 224 documented cases of Chinese espionage targeted at the United States as of February 2023.[277] The list of cases is based on publicly accessible sources and CSIS believes it is likely incomplete.[277] According to CSIS, Chinese intelligence in the United States surpasses any other nation, including Russia.[277] While the economic and technological espionage costs the United States billions of dollars, Chinese espionage has also resulted in immeasurable harm to national security, particularly through the theft of weapon technology, including data related to nuclear weapons testing.[277] CSIS observed that in recent years, China has expanded its espionage efforts to include the theft of substantial amounts of personal information (PII), political manipulation, and influence operations.[277]
I believe EVERY Fortune 500 company in the USA has 1 ore more Chinese National currently employed and feeding information to the PRC. I know there were a large number working at a German Automotive in the USA that all regularly traveled to/from the PRC. Interesting that the PRC is suddenly developing clean diesel technology (just like the German automotive): https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/China-clean-diesel-III_final.pdf