An undated photograph of Gang Chen, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo: MIT via Reuters
US to end case against Gang Chen, MIT scientist accused of hiding ties to China
- Dropping prosecution of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor would be a high-profile setback for the Justice Department’s China Initiative
- Chen was not indicted for theft of trade secrets or industrial espionage – the type of cases the initiative was supposed to bring – but rather for paperwork violations
An undated photograph of Gang Chen, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo: MIT via Reuters
