How The U.S. Gave Away Cutting-Edge Technology To China

Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 9 p.m.

b'Researchers at an American national laboratory spent years developing cutting-edge vanadium redox flow batteries. But now, a Chinese company is making those batteries in a factory in northeastern China.

An investigation from NPR\'s Laura Sullivan and Northwest News Network\'s Courtney Flatt shows how the U.S. federal government gave away American-made technology to China.

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