Former Cleveland Clinic researcher charged with fraud for failing to disclose China ties
The complaint says Wang “knowingly failed” to tell NIH he held the position of Dean of the College of Life Sciences and Technology at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and that he received grant money from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for some of the same scientific research funded by the NIH grant. It says NIH approved its grants for Wang’s Cleveland Clinic research based on his “false representations and promises.”
Investigators also allege that Wang participated in the Thousand Talents Program, which the Chinese government established to recruit people with access to or knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property. China provided Wang with $3 million in research support for his lab in China. It also gave him free travel and lodging for his trips to China, including a three-bedroom apartment campus for his personal use, authorities said. This occurred while Wang was received NIH grant money without disclosing his ties to China.
Thank you for posting this. ‘Pod
Rob F’n Portman, unbelievable. Never seen an h1-b, h2-b, ... that he didn’t want to replace an American with. Same with his sidekick in the house, wave-a-flag in your face Wenstrup.
They weren’t “failings.” They had their orders and they followed them.
China’s Thousand Talents Program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Talents_Plan
excerpt:
The Thousand Talents Plan (TTP) or Thousand Talents Program was established in 2008 by the central government of China to recognize and recruit leading international experts in scientific research, innovation, entrepreneurship.
The program was further elevated in 2010 to become the top-level award given through China’s National Talent Development Plan, a plan that was conceived jointly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 2010 to strengthen innovation and international competitiveness within China.
1000 Talent Plan professorship is the highest academic honor awarded by the State Council, analogous to the top-level award given by the Ministry of Education. The program includes two mechanisms: resources for permanent recruitment into Chinese academia, and resources for short-term appointments that typically target international experts who have full-time employment at a leading international university or research laboratory.
The program has three categories:
—Innovative 1000 Talents plan (Long term / Short term) – for Chinese scholars below 55 years of age
—Foreign 1000 Talents plan (Long term / Short term) – for foreigners only below 55 years of age
—Young scholar 1000 Talents plan or Overseas Young Talents Project of China- for those below 40 years of age
Ping for more understanding of the Cleveland Clinic doctor’s ties to the CCP
The truly “quiet” problem with all of this are the extended Chines family situations. The CCP has and will use relatives still located in China to pressure, threaten or blackmail US citizens of Chinese descent.
In the old days, if you had a relative in the USSR, the chances of you getting a security clearance were directly related to the closeness of the relative and your openness in disclosing that relationship. Doesn’t seem to be happening with the Chinese, especially after Bill Clinton sold us out lock, stock and barrel.
ping