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2019 years Emory University in China in order to conceal the name of a part-time dismissal Li Xiaojiang.
In recent years, the United States has vigorously suppressed Chinese Americans related to China. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that it needs to use "creative" methods to suppress Chinese. Last year, Emory University expelled its professor Li Xiaojiang for concealing a part-time job in China. Earlier this year, the U.S. District Court sued Li Xiaojiang for concealing part-time jobs and defrauding federal government funding. However, in the judgment of May 8th, the part-time job was not concealed, but the income tax was underpaid. Therefore, the sentence was fined 35,000 US dollars and suspended for one year. When the verdict came out, the prosecutor continued to claim to deal with the relationship between the Chinese and the Chinese recruitment plan. This has led many people to question. Why can't China recruit talents? Li Xiaojiang was sued for concealing part-time jobs, but the final charges had nothing to do with concealing part-time jobs. Is it because Li Xiaojiang repeatedly stated that he did not conceal part-time jobs? If Li Xiaojiang has not concealed the approval of the Federal Court, then how is the reason for Emory University's expulsion from him? Li Xiaojiang has repeatedly shown to the public Emory University's letters of approval for his part-time job. It seems that he has been recognized by the US court? Some commentators stated that the crime of underpaying income tax is entirely a personal act, not only has nothing to do with the Chinese government, but also has nothing to do with any plan.
The situation of the new crown epidemic is extremely severe, and the United States has not given up on arresting scholars who have participated in the Chinese Talent Program. On May 11, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had sentenced Li Xiaojiang, a well-known Chinese biologist and former tenured professor at Emory University, on Friday. According to the New York Times, another scholar who had participated in the Chinese Talent Program and a scholar from the University of Arkansas, Simon S. Ang, was arrested last Friday and charged with wire fraud on May 11.
was sentenced to a one-year probation.
The US accused Li Xiaojiang of participating in the domestic talent plan for failing to truthfully disclose his personal taxes. As a result, Li Xiaojiang was convicted of a felony, suspended for one year and fined 35,089 dollars.
News from the US Department of Justice
This is the latest news about Li Xiaojiang since he was arrested by the US judicial department in November last year. Previously, the US Judicial Department and Emory University sued Li Xiaojiang because he concealed a part-time job in China and was suspected of defrauding US government salaries and other subsidies (specifically called Theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds), but now there is no reason for the prosecution. This item was replaced by tax evasion.
U.S. personal tax returns, picture source ajc.com
The reasons for the U.S. judiciary and Emory University’s prosecution of Li Xiaojiang are not consistent with the reasons for the final court verdict, and the meaning behind it is profound. In the context of the technological competition between China and the United States, the space for Chinese scholars to cooperate with China in the future may be further compressed. Why
was sued
According to the previous indictment of the US judicial department, the allegations against Li Xiaojiang were filed in the Atlanta District Court on November 21, 2019. The indictment stated that Li Xiaojiang received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on synaptic toxicity of Huntington’s disease proteins in one year (September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015). The profit exceeds US$10,000 and deliberately misused the assets of Emory University worth at least US$5,000.
Why is Li Xiaojiang "concerned" by Emory University? The indictment also disclosed the origin of the case. Around October 2018, the US NIH informed Emory University that NIH noticed that the application submitted by Li Xiaojiang may not comply with NIH’s policy, which requires applicants to disclose all foreign financial interests or obtain prior NIH approval to use foreign countries in NIH research. Funding.
In this regard, Emory University had many discussions with Li on the matter from October 2018 to May 2019, and an internal review of his Emory University mailbox in February 2019 revealed that Li Xiaojiang was involved China's talent plan. The
indictment pointed out that Li Xiaojiang signed a transitional employment contract with a research institute in China. He has two years to establish his own laboratory and promised to work 9 months a year starting in 2014. Li Xiaojiang previously disclosed to the outside world that this practice wasApproval of department leaders.
In February 2015, Li Xiaojiang continued to propose to Emory University to work part-time in the next two years and reduce his salary accordingly. According to the indictment, the understanding regarding this agreement was never formally completed. However, Li Xiaojiang's application was approved in writing by the leaders of Emory University's department.
So, does Li Xiaojiang have what Emory University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) call "incomplete disclosure"? Several Chinese scholars working in the U.S. previously told The Intellectuals that the U.S. scientific research management institutions and universities either had no guidance documents or were unclear in this regard. However, using the current strict standards to implement the previous situation is "to add to it." crime".
Why did Li Xiaojiang return to the United States?
Famous Chinese scholar Li Xiaojiang
The 63-year-old Li Xiaojiang is a famous international scholar in the field of Huntington's disease. He became famous for copying Huntington's disease that originally only appeared on humans to pigs impatient. This research has attracted a lot of international attention and has also been appreciated by the director of NIH in the United States. But last year, his research career suffered a major change. In May 2019, Emory University suddenly closed Li Xiaojiang's laboratory, and then Li Xiaojiang and his wife returned to Jinan University to work full time.
Many people may be suspicious. Li Xiaojiang was already working at Jinan University. Why did he appear in the United States and be sentenced under the rumors? According to people familiar with the situation, Li Xiaojiang went to the United States alone in November 2019 and was arrested in the United States. He revealed that the reason why Li Xiaojiang returned to the United States was to attend the hearing about the sudden closure of its laboratory at Emory University in the United States. "However, on the morning of the hearing, Li Xiaojiang was taken away by the FBI, and the hearing did not go to completion," said the person familiar with the matter. He also speculated, "Looking back now, it is estimated that it was a trap set by Emory University."
was not disclosed by the media until February this year when Li Xiaojiang was prosecuted by the US judicial department.
Well-known electrical experts arrested
Recently, the arrests related to the Chinese Talent Program have also implicated Hong Sizhong, a professor at the University of Arkansas.
Professor Hong Sizhong of the University of Arkansas. Source: electrical-engineering.uark.edu
, 63-year-old Hong Sizhong, is the director of the High Density Electronics Center at the University of Arkansas. According to the New York Times, Hong Sizhong was arrested on May 8 and charged with wire fraud on May 11. However, the report did not disclose the specific acts of Hong Sizhong related to the crime of telecom fraud.
According to a report in the Arkansas Times on the 11th, court documents stated that Hong Sizhong should disclose potential conflicts with companies outside the United States, especially Chinese companies. The US Department of Justice stated that if found guilty, Hong Sizhong will face the statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The New York Times cited court documents saying that Hong Sizhong worked for and received funding from Chinese companies and China’s talent program, but did not inform the University of Arkansas that this violated the school’s policy.
In addition, the New York Times reported that Hong Sizhong has received more than $5 million in funding from the US government in the past seven years. Hong Sizhong kept confidential the financial arrangements in order to obtain funding from US agencies including NASA, but funding from China has made him ineligible for these funding.
A detail disclosed by the New York Times shows that relevant parties in the United States have been investigating Hong Sizhong's connection with China earlier. A dean of the University of Arkansas stated that the university was asked to provide the federal government with travel information for faculty and staff to China a few months ago, but did not know which institution made the request.
Hong Sizhong was born in Malaysia, and his training from undergraduate to doctoral degree was completed in the United States. After working for Texas Instruments for 7 years, Hong Sizhong joined the University of Arkansas as an assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1988, became an associate professor in 1991, and was promoted to a full professor in 1995.
In recent years, the United States has severely censored the group of Chinese scholars based on the leakage of intellectual property rights and the inflow of scientific research results abroad. In November 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing on China's talent recruitment plan, which believed that China's talent recruitment plan has posed a huge threat to the United States.
In this situation,Originally, Chinese scholars who traveled between China and the United States and promoted cooperation between scientific research institutions of the two countries have become the main censorship targets. In the future, their path of cooperation between the two countries may be blocked.
Zhong Yingjie also contributed to this article.
Source: public number "intellectual"
