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Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets
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Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets

Amidst worsening relations between the United States and China, the authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national, a researcher at the University of Virginia on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Haizhou Hu, a researcher at the University of Virginia, is charged with accessing a computer without authorization, or exceeding authorization to obtain information from a protected computer and theft of trade secrets, US Justice Department said in a release.“Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal
Researcher charged for illegally using US grants to aid Chinese research: US Justice Department
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Researcher charged for illegally using US grants to aid Chinese research: US Justice Department

A rheumatology professor and researcher at a United States University has been charged for allegedly using US grant funds to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and immunology, the Department of Justice said in a press release.“A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China has been ordered held without bond to face a charge of grant fraud for not disclosing that he was engaged in a sophisticated scheme to use approximately $4.1 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and immunology,” the Justice Department said.The Professor is also charged with making false statements about maintaining employment in China at the same time he was employed at universities in the United Sta