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Sep. 14, 2021
Stanford professors seek end to Chinese researcher spy prosecutions
The China Initiative has “deviated significantly from its claimed mission,” and is fostering a hostile work environment for Chinese researchers unfairly targeted by federal prosecutors, stated a letter signed by 177 Stanford University faculty members.
A group of Stanford University professors on Monday urged the Department of Justice to end a Trump administration program aimed at prosecuting cases related to Chinese espionage at U.S. universities. They raised concerns about the effort fueling anti-Asian discrimination.
The China Initiative, introduced by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice in 2018, meant to combat intellectual property theft by China but has "deviated signific...
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