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To stymie international criticism, the Hanban is rebranding as the "Ministry of Education Center for Language Exchange and Cooperation." Confucius Institutes are being spun off into a supposedly non-profit "Chinese International Education Foundation." Simultaneously, federal agencies are investigating dozens of researchers at NASA and the NIH for undisclosed participation in China's "Thousand Talents Plan."
Chinese Espionage in US Universities and Confucius Institutes
Attorney General Bill Barr and Secretary Mike Pompeo have highlighted the "Thousand Talents Plan," a Chinese program used to recruit U.S. scientists for intellectual property theft. The Department of Justice has indicted professors at Harvard and other universities, while many schools are closing "Confucius Institutes" due to their role as CCP propaganda and monitoring hubs.
Department of Justice Indicts Harvard Professor Charles Lieber
The Department of Justice announces the arrest of Harvard Professor Charles Lieber for lying about his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan. Lieber allegedly received $50,000 per month from the Wuhan University of Technology to establish a research lab. Additional indictments involve a PLA lieutenant at Boston University and a cancer researcher attempting to smuggle biological vials to China.
