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Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets
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Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets

Amidst worsening relations between the United States and China, the authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national, a researcher at the University of Virginia on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Haizhou Hu, a researcher at the University of Virginia, is charged with accessing a computer without authorization, or exceeding authorization to obtain information from a protected computer and theft of trade secrets, US Justice Department said in a release.“Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal