A Harvard University professor has been charged with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment programme and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research. Authorities also announced charges against a researcher at Boston University, who is accused of lying about her ties to the Chinese military. He was also awarded more than $1.5m to establish a research lab at the Chinese university, prosecutors said. In exchange, prosecutors allege, Lieber agreed to publish articles, organise international conferences and apply for patents on behalf of the Chinese university, among other things. “In my experience almost all Chinese students are deeply patriotic,” Simon Marginson, a professor of education at Oxford University, told the South China Morning Post.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2020 13:25 UTC