{"product_id":"the-scientist-and-the-spy-a-true-story-of-china-the-fbi-and-industrial-espionage-paperback","title":"The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the Fbi, and Industrial Espionage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMara Hvistendahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three ethnic Chinese men near a field where a farmer was growing corn seed under contract with Monsanto. What began as a simple trespassing inquiry mushroomed into a two-year FBI operation in which investigators bugged the men's rental cars, used a warrant intended for foreign terrorists and spies, and flew surveillance planes over corn country--all in the name of protecting trade secrets of corporate giants Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer. In \u003ci\u003eThe Scientist and the Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHvistendahl gives a gripping account of this unusually far-reaching investigation, which pitted a veteran FBI special agent against Florida resident Robert Mo, who after his academic career foundered took a questionable job with the Chinese agricultural company DBN--and became a pawn in a global rivalry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndustrial espionage by Chinese companies lies beneath the United States' recent trade war with China, and it is one of the top counterintelligence targets of the FBI. But a decade of efforts to stem the problem have been largely ineffective. Through previously unreleased FBI files and her\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ereporting from across the United States and China, Hvistendahl describes a long history of shoddy counterintelligence on China, much of it tinged with racism, and questions the role that corporate influence plays in trade secrets theft cases brought by the U.S. government. \u003ci\u003eThe Scientist and the Spy\u003c\/i\u003e is both an important exploration of the issues at stake and a compelling, involving read.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMara Hvistendahl \u003c\/b\u003ecovered China's renaissance in science and technology as a correspondent in Shanghai for \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Popular Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e WIRED\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A proficient Mandarin speaker and former National Fellow at New America, she lived in China for eight years and now resides in Minneapolis with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768342380832,"sku":"9780735214293","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/511226dbca10ff1861670ad5fb799557.webp?v=1780327468","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-scientist-and-the-spy-a-true-story-of-china-the-fbi-and-industrial-espionage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}