Another interesting data point on Wray. FBI teaming with NIH to route out scientists who took funding from China and did not disclose it. The FBI/Wray looking strong here. Note, this publication is by the Carter Center's China Program. https://t.co/xZAAaAwFMp
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Article linked in tweet, the site, US-China Perception Monitor looks like a pro Chinese/Chinese run propaganda outift:
NIH and FBI Launch Investigations into Chinese Scholars August 5, 2019
Snip, more at link:
Tensions between the U.S. and China, such as the ongoing trade conflict, have begun to strain relationships in academia. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which provides about $26 billion in federal grants every year to biomedical research centers, has launched a massive investigation into foreign scientists suspected of infringing on agency policies. In August 2018, NIH Director Francis Collins wrote to more than 10,000 research institutions that “foreign entities have mounted systematic programs to influence NIH researchers and peer reviewers.”
Later in June 2019, the NIH reported to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance that they reached out to 61 research institutions concerning suspicions of employees who may have withheld information, mainly about undisclosed relations with foreign governments. The NIH has teamed up with the FBI to launch investigations following concerns that foreign countries are taking advantage of federally-funded research. NIH reports that at least 50 research institutions have followed in their lead and opened internal investigations into foreign employees.
The NIH and FBI’s extensive investigation into universities has alarmed the Chinese-American community. Panic has spread as more scholars are being accused. The news of top Chinese researchers being fired or pressured to leave by ongoing investigations has intensified the fear that officials are targeting scientists on account of their ethnicity. Many institutions have denied the accusation that those specifically of Chinese descent are being targeted, and instead stated that they are being investigated on the basis of ethics. In April, FBI Director Christopher Wray explained that they were investigating ethnic Chinese scientists because “China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation in any way it can from a wide array of businesses, universities, and organizations.”
The FBI and NIH are concerned that China is recruiting people to steal confidential American research and information. The NIH is seemingly targeting and investigating Chinese scholars at American research centers and universities, which has led many scientists to be fired or pressured to leave. Chinese students have also been affected. The government has begun to screen the visas of Chinese students studying science or technology with greater scrutiny.