On April11,2013, Wei Jingsheng and Huang Ciping were invited by Rep.
Frank Wolf to meet with several top officials of NASA, including the
Administrator of NASA, Charles Bolden, at Rep. Wolf's office.
NASA has been actively seeking to partner with the Chinese government on
space endeavors that the Chinese government treats as"a national defense
program" due to its military nature. Rep. Frank Wolf(R-VA), Chairman of
the Appropriations' Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science of the US
House, has been very knowledgeable about how high-tech could help
suppressive regimes such as China. For years now, Mr. Wolf has been a
leading champion of human rights for the people in the suppressive
countries, including China.
Mr. Wei and Ms. Huang talked to the NASA officials about the truth in
China, through their own personal experience and detailed knowledge of the
true nature of Chinese government's interests to obtain high-level
technology, as well as the possible consequences.
Mr. Wei told the NASA officials that there are two main ways for Communist
China to steal American technology. One is to send someone sneaking into
U.S. companies or research institutions, or to buy one of their staff out.
Another is to directly steal technology through cooperation programs.
These technologies have not only been used to enhance the technology of
Chinese military enterprises, but also have been sold to North Korea,
Iran, Pakistan and other countries, which indirectly threaten the security
of the world.
Mr. Wei said:"Some U.S. companies are deliberately transporting their
technology secretly. The purpose is to raise the technical level of the
enemy, thus they have reason to apply for more funding for research for
updating technology and equipment. However, I do not understand why NASA,
a national enterprise funded by the US Congress, would also want to engage
in that type of cooperation to export technology."
Huang Ciping spoke from two different roles she had in the past. One was
the role of researcher in nuclear science. Once a prodigy child who
attended college without going through high school, she took Madame Marie
Curie as role model to study nuclear physics."After my graduation, I was
working at the Institute of Atomic Energy, which was the place where the
Chinese government designed the nuclear bomb. However, there were two
issues that disturbed me. One was that the Chinese government was
actively exporting nuclear technology to countries like Pakistan, later on
to North Korea and Iran, etc. The other was that there was a secret
'weaponry department' in the Institute composed of Chinese scientists who
could easily visit places like the Lawrence Livermore National Lab and the
Los Alamos National Lab even during the days travel to abroad was very
difficult. Thus ultimately the Communist regime gained the way to make
the neutron bomb."
Ms. Huang said:"The other role was my role as a student leader where I
gained access to other students and scholars. I was the president of
IFCSS(Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, USA) and
president of the Global Chinese Student Union. I learned that some
students had to promise the Chinese government to gain high-tech
information for various reasons. Of course, often there is a financial
incentive for them to gain. However, in some cases, what the financial
interest American companies lost is not even as bad as the damage to
American's own security and world peace."
As a decades old Internet user since1984 and once a computer network
manager, Huang Ciping also briefed the NASA officials on how the advanced
IT industry has helped the Chinese government to block information flow
and track down dissidents. High-tech is good, but not in an evil regime's
hand."Before when a dissident was calling us from a pay phone, it took
minutes for the Communist regime to locate the phone. Now, with the help
of American technology, it can be pinned down immediately."
Huang Ciping recounted her own experience in dealing with the secret
police in China in1998."I was told that I could have a much better
perspective if I cooperate with the Communist government, including to be
rich. By doing so, one of my old acquaintance who was also an IFCSS
member, became a billionaire, ranked as the number76 richest person in
China. What he did was to help the Chinese government build the great
firewall in China, which is used to restrict freedom and suppress people."
As Administrator Bolden expressed his experience and his views on China,
Ms. Huang responded:"The Chinese government is different from the Chinese
people. Unlike in the USA, the Chinese people do not elect The Chinese
government. It suppresses its people."
Several other human rights activists include head of Laogai Research
Foundation, VOA China Branch chief, head of China Aid Association, head of
World Uyghur Congress, representative from International Campaign for
Tibet, etc. also attended the meeting and spoke of their views.
