Title: China Initiative Panel Discussion Date/time: 8:30pm Monday October 11 Location: on Zoom, registration required Link to register: https://ccc.princeton.edu/events/china-initiative-panel-discussion The U.S. Department of Justice’s China Initiative was created in November 2018 by the Trump administration to focus on the investigation and prosecution of trade secret theft and economic espionage stemming from the Chinese government. Instead of focusing on espionage, the China Initiative has been targeting, investigating and prosecuting scientists, without espionage evidence, for failures to disclose collaboration activities with Chinese scientists during the times the activities themselves were encouraged. Such investigations and its chilling effect have affected many scientists at many universities, including Princeton. Recently, 177 faculty members wrote an open letter to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to terminate the DOJ’s China Initiative and develop an alternative response to address the competition from China. In order to understand the China Initiative and its impact, the center for contemporary China and School of Engineering and Applied Science are co-hosting this Zoom panel to discuss the China initiative and its impact. We have invited several distinguished guests including Prof. Steven A. Kivelson of Stanford University who is one of the people drafted their open letter, Prof. Yiguang Ju of Princeton MAE department to talk about the chilling effect of the China Initiative, Prof. Rory Truex of Princeton Politics and International Affairs who conducted extensive research on the China Initiative, and Peter R. Zeidenberg, a Partner of Arent Fox who is an experienced defense atoner who have represented many scientists being prosecuted under the China Initiative and have published articles about the China Initiative. The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Yu Xie who is the director of Paul and Marcia Wythes Center for Contemporary China.