Chinese Students in UK Stealing Technology Secrets: James Dyson Told UK's Sunday Times newspaper

London : United Kingdom | Mar 28, 2011 at 6:00 AM PDT

By madn3wz

XX XX

Views: Pending

LONDON – Sir James Dyson, British industrial designer best known for his invention of bagless vacuum cleaner, has claimed that Chinese students studying in the UK universities are stealing scientific and technological secrets and ultimately passing the same to China.

Talking to UK's Sunday Times newspaper; he told that Chinese competing them after their student take the science and technology knowledge with them. Dyson said many Chinese students continue to do so even after leaving UK.

"Bugs are left in PCs so that data continues to be transmitted after the students return home'', he told further.

David Willetts, British universities minister, said he will investigate vigilantly the statement and evidences provided by Dyson.

Reportedly, electronic engineering and computer sciences are thought to be among the two sectors where technology is being stolen.

madn3wz is based in Faisalābād, Punjab, Pakistan, and is a Reporter for Allvoices.

Report Credibility

Credibility
Reach

More News From: London : United Kingdom

News Stories

Student visa cuts 'sheer madness'

The Independent

Tougher restrictions aimed at restricting the amount of time foreign graduates can stay in Britain on student visas could force more companies to go abroad, one of David Cameron's business advisors has warned. Vacuum cleaner tycoon Sir James Dyson,...
Mary Dejevsky: I too, would ban charity soup-runs kitchen

The Independent

Since becoming a government adviser James Dyson has gone all contradictory You may recall, a few aeons ago in today's frantic news cycle, that the local council was mooting a ban on soup kitchens in the vicinity of Westminster Cathedral. For a few...
David Cameron business booster: £1,500 for new firms to kick-start economy

Mail Online UK

Entrepreneurs who want to set up their own businesses will today be offered 1,500 worth of support to help kick-start the economic recovery. David Cameron will announce that 60 leading firms have agreed to provide free office space, business mentors,...
Space agency move could see lift-off for Lossiemouth

The Scotsman

Mr Willetts, opening a consultation on the UK Space Agency's strategy for 2011-15, was expected to say the government was working to "tackle the burden of regulation" surrounding space activity, which had "grown up almost by chance" and "without a...