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    Another US researcher arrested for failing to disclose Chinese funding

    Another US researcher arrested for failing to disclose Chinese funding

    Chinese investment in US universities and research centers all China opportunities to steal our tech. Hopefully this guy gets serious time in prison.



    A former researcher who has worked at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, US since 1997 faces criminal charges for allegedly failing to disclose funding he received from the Chinese government while also accepting more than $3.6 million (£2.9 million) in grant support from the US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH). Qing Wang, who was born in China and became a US citizen in November 2005, was also quietly serving as a dean at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China while funded by the NIH for his work at the Cleveland Clinic, according to the complaint. He also received grant funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China that overlapped with his research supported by the NIH.


    Wang was arrested on 13 May, and his indictment is expected shortly. At his initial court appearance on 14 May, Wang was released on a $100,000 (£81,000) bond after surrendering his passport, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible, an FBI representative tells Chemistry World. In a similar recent case at the University of Arkansas, tenured professor Simon Saw-Teong Ang faces up to 20 years in prison.


    Wang is accused of participating in the Chinese government’s ‘Thousand Talents’ plan that aims to recruit individuals with access to specialist knowledge and intellectual property. As a result of his admission into this programme in 2008, the FBI says China provided $3 million in research support for his lab at Huazhong University. In addition, Wang received free travel and lodging for his trips to China, including a three-bedroom apartment on campus for his personal use, according to the agency.
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    Let them beg on the streets where they belong.

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    Turn him over to Kerry Coombs, and let the Ohio State Defense use him for target practice.

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    Research funding is becoming harder and harder to come by which forces researchers to partner with a lot of dubious sources (like pharmaceutical companies funding medical research). I am not convinced that there is some mass conspiracy related to China trying to steal American biomedical and technological advancements... the simplest explanation is that research is hard to fund.

    This guy should have disclosed all of the sources of his funding. But, it's not really that surprising.

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    No big deal - he'll get a pass from Barr or a pardon from Trump. Oh wait a minute.....it's science. Never mind he's screwed unless one of the mini trump's has some type of financial connection to him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trish View Post
    No big deal - he'll get a pass from Barr or a pardon from Trump. Oh wait a minute.....it's science. Never mind he's screwed unless one of the mini trump's has some type of financial connection to him.
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