Two more Chinese researchers in the U.S. arrested and charged with theft of trade secrets and destruction of evidence to hinder an investigation.
Following the indictment last week of a Chinese professor at Texas A&M University, also a NASA researcher, for allegedly covering up his dealings with Chinese universities and companies, two more Chinese academics in the U.S. have been arrested. A researcher from the University of Virginia (UVA), Haizhou HU, has been charged with obtaining information from protected computers and stealing trade secrets. Another researcher from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Lei GUAN, has been arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Hu was arrested yesterday (August 28) at the University of Virginia, at where he had conducted research in bio-mimics and fluid dynamics. He attempted to board a flight to China at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport four days before his arrest. However, during a route check at the airport, he was found to be in unauthorized possession of the source code of the biomimicry software, which had been the subject of years of research by University of Virginia personnel. Hu has been accused of obtaining information from a protected computer without authorization or exceeding authority and stealing trade secrets.
In the light of another press release of the U.S. Department of Justice, Guan was denied boarding a flight to China after he disposed of a damaged computer hard drive in a trash bin outside his home on Tuesday (25 August). The FBI's subsequent attempts to recover the drive were unsuccessful, the data was forcibly removed, and Guan was charged with destroying evidence to impede an FBI investigation. He had already been investigated for transferring sensitive U.S. software and technical information to China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), where he lied about having nothing to do with the PLA before admitting to having received training from NUDT and wearing its uniform.
The Chinese-American professor at Texas A&M University, Zhengdong Cheng, also a NASA researcher, was arrested last Sunday (23 August) and a hearing was arranged next day on charges of conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud for allegedly deliberately concealing his involvement with a Chinese university and at least one Chinese company.
Source: Standnews #Aug29
#ChineseSpies #UVA #UCLA #TexasAMUniversity #NASA #Chigaco #NUDT #ThousandTalentsProject
Following the indictment last week of a Chinese professor at Texas A&M University, also a NASA researcher, for allegedly covering up his dealings with Chinese universities and companies, two more Chinese academics in the U.S. have been arrested. A researcher from the University of Virginia (UVA), Haizhou HU, has been charged with obtaining information from protected computers and stealing trade secrets. Another researcher from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Lei GUAN, has been arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Hu was arrested yesterday (August 28) at the University of Virginia, at where he had conducted research in bio-mimics and fluid dynamics. He attempted to board a flight to China at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport four days before his arrest. However, during a route check at the airport, he was found to be in unauthorized possession of the source code of the biomimicry software, which had been the subject of years of research by University of Virginia personnel. Hu has been accused of obtaining information from a protected computer without authorization or exceeding authority and stealing trade secrets.
In the light of another press release of the U.S. Department of Justice, Guan was denied boarding a flight to China after he disposed of a damaged computer hard drive in a trash bin outside his home on Tuesday (25 August). The FBI's subsequent attempts to recover the drive were unsuccessful, the data was forcibly removed, and Guan was charged with destroying evidence to impede an FBI investigation. He had already been investigated for transferring sensitive U.S. software and technical information to China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), where he lied about having nothing to do with the PLA before admitting to having received training from NUDT and wearing its uniform.
The Chinese-American professor at Texas A&M University, Zhengdong Cheng, also a NASA researcher, was arrested last Sunday (23 August) and a hearing was arranged next day on charges of conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud for allegedly deliberately concealing his involvement with a Chinese university and at least one Chinese company.
Source: Standnews #Aug29
#ChineseSpies #UVA #UCLA #TexasAMUniversity #NASA #Chigaco #NUDT #ThousandTalentsProject
#AcademicFreedom #University
Cultural Revolution 2.0: China-run Newspapers Slam HKUST Professor for Breaching National Security Law
The Education Sector and academia in Hong Kong have been targeted by the pro-Beijing forces and Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece.
The CCP-loyal Wen Wei Po and Tai Kung Pao have published a series of reports which slammed Dr. Lee Ching-kwan, a professor of sociology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST), for her speech delivered in an online forum held by Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) in May 2020.
The CCP-owned newspaper accused Lee of "advocating Hong Kong Independence" and "violating the national security law".
Organizedby HKDC on May 26, the discussion topic of the forum was: "Is this the end of the 'One Country Two Systems'?".
The speakers included the former leaders of now-disbanded DemosistĹŤ Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, as well as Benny Tai Yiu-ting, who is a former law professor of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The video of the online forum was deleted on the Facebook page of the HKDC. According to the video spread by the Beijing-loyal presses, Lee said in English, "I think it helps not to think Hong Kong as a Chinese city. We don't belong to China...I don't think. We belong to the world."
Lee Ching-kwan was the Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at HKUST and the sociology professor of University of California, Los Angeles.
Source: Stand News #Nov20
#Censorship #Academia #UCLA #Professor #LeeChingKwan #CulturalRevolution
Cultural Revolution 2.0: China-run Newspapers Slam HKUST Professor for Breaching National Security Law
The Education Sector and academia in Hong Kong have been targeted by the pro-Beijing forces and Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece.
The CCP-loyal Wen Wei Po and Tai Kung Pao have published a series of reports which slammed Dr. Lee Ching-kwan, a professor of sociology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST), for her speech delivered in an online forum held by Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) in May 2020.
The CCP-owned newspaper accused Lee of "advocating Hong Kong Independence" and "violating the national security law".
Organizedby HKDC on May 26, the discussion topic of the forum was: "Is this the end of the 'One Country Two Systems'?".
The speakers included the former leaders of now-disbanded DemosistĹŤ Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, as well as Benny Tai Yiu-ting, who is a former law professor of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The video of the online forum was deleted on the Facebook page of the HKDC. According to the video spread by the Beijing-loyal presses, Lee said in English, "I think it helps not to think Hong Kong as a Chinese city. We don't belong to China...I don't think. We belong to the world."
Lee Ching-kwan was the Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at HKUST and the sociology professor of University of California, Los Angeles.
Source: Stand News #Nov20
#Censorship #Academia #UCLA #Professor #LeeChingKwan #CulturalRevolution