China’s Economic ‘Miracle’: An Espionage-Driven Mirage | Former DIA Director David Shedd, Author of ‘The Great Heist’

Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director David Shedd discusses his book “The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets,” detailing the Chinese Communist Party’s annual theft of U.S. intellectual property and its sophisticated espionage tactics for recruiting spies.

Shedd explains how China leverages joint research proposals and cyber operations to target key sectors, including artificial intelligence, defense, and biotechnology. He calls for a national task force to confront the threat and warns of China’s ability to disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure through cyberattacks such as those by Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group.