The indictment says Feng “Franklin” Tao fraudulently received more than US$37,000 in salary from the Energy Department and National Science Foundation.

US charges Kansas researcher Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao over ties to Chinese university

  • Associate professor allegedly concealed that he was working full-time for Fuzhou University while conducting research funded by US government
  • Indictment comes amid increased concern by US officials about the risk from China to US universities
Topic |   US-China relations

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The indictment says Feng “Franklin” Tao fraudulently received more than US$37,000 in salary from the Energy Department and National Science Foundation.
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Three more US universities pledge support for Chinese-American scientists caught in growing web of suspicion

  • ‘Researchers, particularly immigrants and visitors from China, have been the target of aggressive investigations and public sanctions,’ a chancellor writes
  • Pitt, Caltech and Johns Hopkins join Yale, MIT and others in condemning ‘government mistrust’
Topic |   Chinese overseas

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