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Margaret Lewis | The U.S. Department of Justice's China Initiative

Published: June 11, 2020, 10:50 p.m.

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The Department of Justice launched the China Initiative in November 2018 to counter national security threats emanating from the People\\u2019s Republic of China (PRC). In February 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that it had launched about a thousand active investigations under the Initiative; the China Initiative is gaining momentum.\\xa0 \\xa0

In a forthcoming article, Seton Hall University Law Professor Margaret K. Lewis argues that using \\u201cChina\\u201d as the glue connecting cases under the Initiative\\u2019s umbrella creates an overly inclusive conception of the threat, and attaches a criminal taint to entities that have an even tangential connection to China. A better path would be to discard the \\u201cChina Initiative\\u201d framing, focus on cases\\u2019 individual characteristics, and broaden the Department of Justice\\u2019s interactions with non-governmental experts.\\xa0 \\xa0

On June 9, 2020, the National Committee hosted a virtual program with Margaret Lewis where she discussed her article.

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