Experts call on Canadian universities to close off China's access to sensitive research
The U.S. State Department, over the past three months, has expelled more than a thousand Chinese 'high-risk graduate students and research scholars' working at American universities.
In Canada, the Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations heard similar allegations in testimony in the weeks leading up to prorogation including the claim that some of the core technology behind China's surveillance network was developed in Canadian universities.
'If we're partnering with China on these areas, our R&D ... could be going directly to the Chinese military,' said Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, who spent decades in some of the federal government's top scientific posts and served on the Canada-China Joint Committee on Science & Technology before joining the University of Ottawa. She said AI and robotics are two areas of great interest to the Chinese military.
Source: CBC #Sep15
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-universities-research-waterloo-military-technology-1.5723846
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The U.S. State Department, over the past three months, has expelled more than a thousand Chinese 'high-risk graduate students and research scholars' working at American universities.
In Canada, the Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations heard similar allegations in testimony in the weeks leading up to prorogation including the claim that some of the core technology behind China's surveillance network was developed in Canadian universities.
'If we're partnering with China on these areas, our R&D ... could be going directly to the Chinese military,' said Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, who spent decades in some of the federal government's top scientific posts and served on the Canada-China Joint Committee on Science & Technology before joining the University of Ottawa. She said AI and robotics are two areas of great interest to the Chinese military.
Source: CBC #Sep15
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-universities-research-waterloo-military-technology-1.5723846
#Canada #University #Scholar #CCPsurveillance
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Experts call on Canadian universities to close off China's access to sensitive research | CBC News
Three Canadian universities are among the most active in the world when it comes to collaborative work with Chinese researchers. Now, some are calling on post-secondary institutions to take steps to keep the Chinese military away from Canadian science.