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Physicist admits exporting US space data to China
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A Chinese-born physicist Monday pleaded guilty before a US court to illegally exporting space launch technical data to China, US officials said.

Naturalized US citizen Shu Quan-Sheng, admitted three charges of handing over to Beijing information on the design and development of a fueling system for space launch vehicles between 2003 and 2007, the Justice Department said.


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