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References

Timeline

Edgar, H. J. (1966, 06). How Red China Spies. U.S. Nation's Business (Pre-1986), 54(84). 

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https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/how-red-

china/docview/231626591/se-2?accountid=10598 


Hvistendal, M. (2020). The FBI’s Secret Obscession with China. The Intercept,

Retrieved April 20, 2022 from

https://theintercept.com/2020/02/02/fbi-chinese-scientists-surveillance/ 


Kim, A. C. (2019). Prosecuting Chinese “Spies”: An Empirical Analysis of the Economic 

Espionage Act. Cardozo Law Review. 40(2).

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Wray, C. (2020, 07).The Threat Posed by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist

Party to the Economic and National Security of the United States. FBI News, Retrieved April 20, 2022 from

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Wen Ho-Lee

Brooke, J. (1999, March 10). The Scientist Who is The Talk of Los Alamos. The New York 

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Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. (2022). Alberta Lee: The Wen Ho Lee Story: 

What Happened? Retrieved April 20, 2022, from 

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Lee, B. T. (2002). Liars, Traitors, and Spies: Wen Ho Lee and the Racial Construction of 

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Sherry Chen

Perlroth, N. (2015, May 9). Accused of Spying for China, Until She Wasn’t. The New York 

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Schroeder, M. S., Xiafen Chen v. Department of Commerce Initial Decision (n.d.). Sherry Chen 

Legal Defense Fund. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from 

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Harry Sheng

Hvistendahl, M. (2020). The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage. United States: Penguin Publishing Group.

Hvistendahl, M. (2020). The FBI’s Secret Obscession with China. The Intercept, Retrieved April 

20, 2022 from

https://theintercept.com/2020/02/02/fbi-chinese-scientists-surveillance/

Images and Videos:


Timeline


Red Menace:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171640 


Tsien Hsue-Shen and Lawyer: 

https://theintercept.imgix.net/wp-uploads/sites/1/2020/01/GettyImages-517397314-tsien-1580503430.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&q=90 


Chinese Hydrogen Bomb Test: 

https://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/post/10397/this-day-history-china-develops-the-h-bomb 


Ping Pong Diplomacy: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ping-pong-diplomacy-the-secret-history-behind-the-game-that-changed-the-world-by-nicholas-griffin/2014/01/24/03e10536-794f-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html 


Surveillance Cameras: 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-2-cctv-camera-mounted-on-black-post-under-clear-blue-sky-96612/ 


FBI Director Christopher Wray: 

https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states 


Wen Ho-Lee


Wen Ho-Lee: 

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/10/66/11/2318914/6/rawImage.jpg 


Wen Ho-Lee leaving court: 

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Questions-continue-to-swirl-around-Wen-Ho-Lee-2730429.php  


NYT Article: 

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1999/03/06/issue.html.  


60 minutes video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_4e5axT3WY 



Sherry Chen


Sherry Chen in front of Protestors: 

https://www.citybeat.com/news/fired-government-hydrologist-wants-her-job-back-after-criminal-charges-dropped-12177032  


Sherry Chen: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-wrongfully-accused-spying-recounts-damage-racial-profil-rcna23408 


Local 12 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_phGnJ_U 


Harry Sheng


Harry and Irene Sheng: https://theintercept.imgix.net/wp-uploads/sites/1/2020/01/1960s-at-work-1580503764.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&q=90 


Harry Sheng: https://theintercept.imgix.net/wp-uploads/sites/1/2020/01/sheng-1580504351-e1580504469624.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&q=90&fit=crop&w=3000&h=1500 


FBI Interview File: 

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6747726/pages/Harry-Sheng-FBI-Files-FOIA-OCR300DPI-2-27-p1-large.gif?ts=1607438910926 


FBI Surveillance File:

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6749530/pages/Harry-Sheng-FBI-Files-FOIA-OCR300DPI-2-92-Redacted-p1-large.gif?ts=1607438916014 


FBI Recommendation File: 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6749532-Harry-Sheng-FBI-Files-FOIA-OCR300DPI-2-83-Redacted

References: Citations
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