Change log
What changed, when, and why.
Material legal, evidentiary, state-nexus, source, and harm changes are recorded here so readers can see how the public record—and our account of it—changes over time.
September 9, 2026 / Court-record follow-up
Ding: the written sentence, not the superseded verdict
The Linwei Ding file now includes the written judgment filed September 8 for the sentence imposed September 1: 12 months minus one day in prison on the seven surviving theft counts, two years of supervised release, $189,098.01 in restitution, a $2,500 fine and a $700 assessment. The seven economic-espionage acquittals remain visible. The judgment records payment obligations and a future surrender date, not proof of collection or surrender.
Read ECF No. 459, especially pages 1–3 and 6–7 →. Other dossiers retain their own review dates; this is not a claim that the entire collection was rechecked.
September 8, 2026 / Research navigation
Reading paths and case comparisons
Four question-led reading paths connect existing files to institutional decisions. The comparison view places legal outcomes, separate state-nexus findings, source links and limitations alongside each other. Comparisons can be shared and printed. No case outcome or research-review date was changed by this navigation release.
August 24, 2026 / Case-file additions
Three adjudicated case files added
- Zaosong Zheng — Biological vials — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 24, 2027.
- John Reece Roth — Air Force drone research — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 24, 2027.
- Xiaolang Zhang — Apple autonomous vehicle — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 24, 2027.
Evidence boundaries: The Zheng file distinguishes his false-statements conviction from the smuggling count that produced no conviction and records conflicting accounts of how the vials were acquired. The Roth file distinguishes adjudicated export-control violations from espionage and records that no one accessed the electronic files while he was in China. The Zhang file distinguishes his one-count guilty plea from unresolved allegations about whether X-Motors received, used, or directed the acquisition.
August 23, 2026 / Initial publication
26 case files published across five sectors
- Sinovel — AMSC — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 23, 2027.
- Yanjun Xu — GE Aviation — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 23, 2027.
- Liew & Maegerle — DuPont — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 23, 2027.
- Xiaorong You — can coatings — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 23, 2027.
- Pflugbeil & Shao — battery assembly — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 23, 2027.
- Linwei Ding — Google AI — reviewed Sep 9, 2026; next review Sep 23, 2026.
- Hao Zhang — Avago & Skyworks — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Hytera — Motorola Solutions — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Mar 9, 2027.
- Huawei — T-Mobile Tappy — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Nov 23, 2026.
- Zhou & Chen — Nationwide Children’s — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Sep 30, 2026.
- Yu Xue & Tao Li — GSK — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Mo Hailong — Pioneer & Monsanto — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Haitao Xiang — Nutrient Optimizer — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Su Bin — U.S. defense contractors — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- High-speed rail technology transfer — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Kexue Huang — Dow & Cargill — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Dongfan Chung — Boeing — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Xiaoqing Zheng — GE Power — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Hongjin Tan — Phillips 66 — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Jiaqiang Xu — IBM — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- Yu Long — United Technologies — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
- UMC, Micron & Fujian Jinhua — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Feb 27, 2027.
- APT40 — Hainan MSS — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Nov 23, 2026.
- Shan Shi — Trelleborg — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Mar 23, 2027.
- Shanshan Du & Yu Qin — GM — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Jun 26, 2027.
- Ji Li Huang & Xiao Guang Qi — FOAMGLAS — reviewed Aug 25, 2026; next review Aug 23, 2027.
Currency note: The Xu file records the November 2024 commutation of his custodial sentence while preserving the conviction. The Zhou–Chen file includes the March 2026 denaturalization orders. These later outcomes are easy to miss in summaries that stop at sentencing.