“Then they run smack dab into the challenge of China, which has millions of researchers scrambling for money and for fame and for national glory. In other cases, scientists who received grants from the N.I.H. had shadow laboratories in China, which also received funds from the Chinese government. Particularly worrisome to American officials was the finding that China had somehow obtained confidential information from applications for N.I.H. More than $4 out of every $5 is distributed to researchers around the country studying cancer, heart disease, diabetes and myriad other conditions.

Source: New York Times January 07, 2019 01:52 UTC