About this episode
Episode 1, A Spy Finds His Target: CNBC Documentaries dives into the undercover world of economic espionage and details an illicit campaign by China’s government to steal high tech trade secrets from some of the biggest companies in the United States. Correspondent Eamon Javers follows the story of Xu Yanjun, a Chinese government spy who targeted GE and one of its engineers in an attempt to steal valuable proprietary information about its jet engine technology. Javers travels to Cincinnati where the company is based and interviews prosecutors that worked on the Xu case, finding out how the spy targeted the engineer, lured him to China and set in motion a federal investigation. ---- CNBC Documentaries examines the case of a Chinese government spy who tried to steal trade secrets from some of America’s biggest companies, including GE, Boeing and Honeywell. Correspondent Eamon Javers talks with prosecutors, intelligence experts and government officials, including the Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray — all of whom say the case is an example of China’s desire to dominate global markets through any means necessary, including stealing technology from the heart of corporate America. In this special podcast series, Javers explores the shadowy world of spies and the industrial battle space that has millions of U.S. jobs on the line. “China’s Corporate Spy War” originally aired on CNBC in June 2023. To watch China's Corporate Spy War and other CNBC Documentaries go to: https://www.cnbc.com/documentaries/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.