![Gregory Katsas, depicted here in a 2012 photo from a Federalist Society event hosted at Georgetown Law, was nominated by President Donald Trump to an opening on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 7, 2017. (Georgetown Law) [https://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/centers-institutes/constitution/events/archive/index.cfm]](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2017/09/07/gregorykatsasfedsoc_c143-0-537-394_s85x85.jpg?8130a1b913d617ce3dddab969710210f535cb55b)
China targets American technology in drive to become innovation leader
China has stepped up efforts to work with American businesses in a bid to acquire advanced technology, part of a drive to become a leading technology-innovation power.
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