A column chart showing all of the cases charged under the China Initiative by year, broken down by category. In 2018, the Justice Department charged zero research integrity cases. By 2020, half of all cases charged concerned research integrity.
The Justice Department originally labeled 23 cases opened before the launch of the China Initiative as part of its effort. Some of these date back as far as 2013. We have included these as part of our analysis. Data current as of December 1 2021.