However, was the Chinese contract vetted through the US Government? Whenever this has been done in other situations, there must be a full review by competent OGC (Office of General Counsel) authorities. And there is no OGC which would allow sending this information in response to CCP directives.
That is one reasons for the arrest. 1) its not permitted to share information
2) he did not disclose his contract/dealings with the CCP (at least thats how I interpreted it.
Laura Ingraham spoke of academia/NIH funding etc with Dr. Knut Wittkowski on her program last nite:
18 May: Ingraham Angle, Fox News
7m in, Dr. Knut Wittkowski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frf4mebaaxg
whole show is worth watching.