Attention! Do you know that China is trying to assemble its “China 2025 Project” with foreign “brains” in addition to technology patents?
In a WSJ story titled “Prominent Harvard Professor Found Guilty of Lying About China Ties” written by Byron Tau and Aruna Viswanatha we can read: “A jury on Tuesday found Harvard professor Charles Lieber guilty on six counts related to payments he received from a Chinese government talent program, delivering a win for the U.S. government.” (Dec. 21, 2021, WSJ Online)
This news also was published yesterday by The New York Times.
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Question: Why is China paying Professor Charles Lieber in cash and through a Chinese banking account?
Professor Charles Lieber “holds joint appointments in Harvard University’s chemistry and engineering departments and is a renowned expert in the field of nanoscience.”
The Chinese government hired him as part of the “Thousand Talents program” and appointed as director of the WUT-Harvard Joint Nano Key Laboratory. (WUT: Wuhan).
According to Wikipedia, nanoscience is working in the manipulation of “atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products” and the American university labs are leaders in this advanced science.
Returning to the case of Professor Charles Lieber, protected under the “umbrella” of free science speech, Dr. Lieber was sharing important scientific secrets of American university research with Chinese government labs.
In summary, the Chinese government is trying to accelerate its advanced science and technology projects by buying the best of American brains.
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