What would China Rocket–Expert’s Defection Mean for U.S.? U.S. Diplomats Want Out of China
What would you do if the government stood to separate you from your child for “self quarantine?” This is just one of the fears facing U.S. diplomats in China at the moment amid the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) severe “zero-Covid” measures. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, sources familiar with the issue say China’s U.S. Embassy is seeking State Department approval to send diplomats home. A British tabloid was the first to report that one of China’s rocket scientists, involved in development of hypersonic missile technology has just defected to the U.S. What could it mean for U.S.-China competition and tensions over the Taiwan Strait that highest-level CCP military secrets could now be in U.S. government hands?
What would you do if the government stood to separate you from your child for “self quarantine?” This is just one of the fears facing U.S. diplomats in China at the moment amid the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) severe “zero-Covid” measures. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, sources familiar with the issue say China’s U.S. Embassy is seeking State Department approval to send diplomats home. A British tabloid was the first to report that one of China’s rocket scientists, involved in development of hypersonic missile technology has just defected to the U.S. What could it mean for U.S.-China competition and tensions over the Taiwan Strait that highest-level CCP military secrets could now be in U.S. government hands?
