Spy vs. Nye
This week's issue of C&E News had an eye-catching article** which opened with,
A VISITING SCHOLAR from a Chinese university takes notice of your research. He invites you to visit his home country, all expenses paid. You accept and find yourself feted at a large, lavish banquet. At the end of a long evening, weary from jet lag, you're still being peppered with questions about your work. . . . Welcome to 21st-century espionage. Spying is no longer good guy versus bad guy, classified versus unclassified, Soviet versus American. It's as much about economic impact as it is about weapons. And it's often aimed at academic scientists.
Attention Chinese intelligence agents: I know things. All sorts of things. And as history has proven time and time again, after a few drinks I'd love to tell you about them. So if you're planning any of these "lavish banquet[s]" anytime soon, I'm your man.
** Can people without an academic site license actually access this? If not, sorry.