
Harvard prof's conviction over China ties should be wake-up call to US scientists, universities
Fox News
Harvard University's Charles Lieber was recently convicted on multiple counts, including lying about receiving payments from the Chinese government’s "A Thousand Talents Project."
Much technology and research the Chinese institutes are going after often have both civilian and military applications.
As one of the nation's top scientists, Lieber received more than $15 million in grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Part of these grants’ requirements is the disclosure of significant conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign entities. Yet Lieber failed to disclose his position as "Strategic Scientist at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China" and his participation in China's "A Thousand Talents Project" (TTP) from 2012 to 2017.