Are the Chinese hacking American universities?

Evidence suggests that the University of Virginia is only the latest victim.
http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/uva-latest-university-suffer-hacks-suspected-be-chinese

Stories have been emerging for many years of Chinese post-docs trying to steal secrets from American university labs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/technology/6-chinese-men-indicted-in-theft-of-code-from-us-tech-companies.html?_r=0

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-temple-university-professor-faces-80-years-in-jail-for-allegedly-planning-to-pass-tech-secrets-to-china-2015-5

Meanwhile, of course, the Chinese government  is struggling to keep the country's stock markets from freefalling.  This may be a bigger threat tot he US economy than the incessant IP thefts.