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Washington, D.C.
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CEO @AUCglobal – Inventor, UCIA™ – Patent Cited IPv6 & Internet Modernization Leader – Former Technology Co-Chair, U.S. Federal IPv6 Task Force – AUCGlobal.com

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Charles Sun is a visionary IT executive with over three decades of leadership across public and private sectors. He has advanced secure global infrastructure and led transformative digital modernization initiatives that continue to shape the future of the Internet.

Widely recognized as a Patent-Cited IPv6 & Internet Modernization Thought Leader, Charles authored the landmark 2014 Computerworld article, “Stop Using Internet Protocol Version 4!”—a call to action for next-generation Internet adopt…

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No AI Future Without IPv6!

No AI Future Without IPv6!

© 2026 Charles Sun. All rights reserved. This article explains why the future of artificial intelligence c…

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The World's #1 Website Still Runs TLS 1.0 - Why?

The World's #1 Website Still Runs TLS 1.0 - Why?

© 2026 Charles Sun. All rights reserved. This article reveals a surprising security lapse: the world’s mos…

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PERSPECTIVE: "If Not Now, When?": The Federal IPv6-Only Mandate After Five Years - HSToday

PERSPECTIVE: "If Not Now, When?": The Federal IPv6-Only Mandate After Five Years - HSToday

A landmark reflection by Charles Sun, a federal IPv6 thought leader and cybersecurity visionary, this essay c…

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"If Not Now, When?": The Federal IPv6-Only Mandate After Five Years

"If Not Now, When?": The Federal IPv6-Only Mandate After Five Years

In “If Not Now, When?: The Federal IPv6-Only Mandate After Five Years,” Charles Sun issues a clarion call: af…

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📌 IEEE Plagiarism Case: 2020 Exposure → 2025 Escalation

📌 IEEE Plagiarism Case: 2020 Exposure → 2025 Escalation

This page serves as the central record of the IEEE plagiarism case. It documents the original 2020 exposure, …

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Plagiarism in IEEE IoT Newsletter: Escalation After Inaction

Plagiarism in IEEE IoT Newsletter: Escalation After Inaction

© 2025 Charles Sun. All rights reserved. Five years after the first exposure, and days after a formal comp…

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Beijing ships harmful products it restricts at home

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By Christopher Nye, Charles Sun
| Threat Beat
(Elsa Olofsson / Unsplash) By Christopher Nye and Charles Sun • Aug 17, 2026 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) enforces many product rules domestically without extending them to goods that leave the country. These cases span distinct ministerial jurisdictions, encompassing fentanyl precursors, flavored e-cigarettes, toxic children’s products, and large language models (LLMs). These trades share a similar factual structure.
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China Has Chosen to Disappoint Its Consumers

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By Charles Sun, Christopher Nye
| Foreign Policy Magazine Verified
A person is standing a supermarket while holding a bag of chips and pushing a cart. A consumer selects a product at a supermarket in Zaozhuang, China, on August 9. CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images When China’s Politburo met on July 30 to set economic policy for the second half of 2026, the numbers in front of it were not good. In the first half of the year, retail sales grew just 1.3 percent from a year earlier, while the economy grew 4.7 percent.
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Beijing tightens control over outbound investment

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By Charles Sun, Chrisopher Nye
| Threat Beat
(Max van den Oetelaar / Unsplash) By Chrisopher Nye and Charles Sun • Jul 13, 2026 A new State Council administrative regulation is the first in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to govern outbound investment as a whole. It defines “resident individuals” as outbound investors for the first time, subjecting private overseas investment to the approval, reporting, security-review, and penalty framework that previously only encompassed enterprises.
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