Chinese academic in US charged with secretly helping 'Chinese Talents Program' while doing NASA researchCheng Zhengdong allegedly willfully hid his affiliations and collaboration with a Chinese University and at least one Chinese-owned company. “The terms of Cheng’s grant prohibited participation, collaboration or coordination with China, any Chinese-owned company or any Chinese University,” the DOJ wrote in a release. “Once again, we have witnessed the criminal consequences that can arise from undisclosed participation in the Chinese government’s talent program,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said in a statement. Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp said the university worked with the FBI during the investigation into Cheng. The Justice Department alleges that Charles Lieber, 61, the former chairman of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, became a contractual participant in China’s Thousand Talents Plan for at least three years.

Source: The Standard August 25, 2020 02:17 UTC