| >It’s clear Dr. Chen does not consider China to be an adversarial government Then he shouldn't be doing research funded by DoD and DARPA, and certainly shouldn't be sharing it with the CCP. You've literally made my point for me. >Dr Chen’s work is classified or military DoD and DARPA research are military in nature by definition. Most DoE research, along with the former two, are ITAR restricted as well. >If I study forestry and collaborate with the Canadian government, am I betraying the United States by helping a competing economic power get ahead in forestry? Massive false equivalence between China and Canada. China is not merely a "competing economic power". It is not up to Chen to decide who is an approved cooperative partner based on his personal feelings. >Not everyone agrees with this. You can disagree with an objective fact all you want, it doesn't make it any less of an objective fact. The CCP is evil and malicious. |
My point is just that in this situation, the point of the law is to disambiguate where your personal liberties as someone who might feel positive towards China end, and your collective responsibility towards your country begin.
Feeling friendly to China isn’t illegal or immoral. Helping China in a way that your government forbids, be it for national security or otherwise, is illegal and probably immoral.
If Chen did not break the law, then he did not betray the moral guidelines outlined through law. Unless you want to claim that the spirit of the law was that he should disclose more than legally required to disclose.
Claiming anything more than this just sounds like virtue signaling.