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This is kind of off-topic since the issue was these scientists lying about their ties to a foreign government. I wanted to address how people think there's no IP theft here.

Although results and information about the research are often published to the public, experimental setup and some technical details are usually not included in the publication. Just because a paper on the research will eventually be available to the public doesn't mean the technology can be easily replicated. The concern here is that the real hard work that comes from months of trial and error is being stolen to competing nations that would take advantage of the theft to claim the author of such technology. Not to mention the tech is funded by American taxpayer dollars and developed by scientists who spent years and months on it. There's a recent incident on a Chinese Scientist lying about his affiliation with the Chinese Military and have been sending proprietary lab information to China.

See: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/11/alleged-chinese...