Editor’s note for Wednesday, September 23, 2020
A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.
My thoughts today:
Correction and apology: Our recent story, Blind man films disability-unfriendly designs in Shenzhen โ only to find himself attacked by abusive trolls, originally contained an image from The Economist by Hanna Barczyk. Our apologies for an unintentional misuse of copyrighted work.
A black eye for the U.S. Justice Departmentย as it hunts for improper scientific collaboration: โProsecutors abruptly moved to drop criminal charges against a visiting Chinese scientist at the University of Virginia who had been arrested last month on allegations of stealing trade secrets from his professor, after the university acknowledged the scientist was authorized to access some of the material,โย reports the Wall Street Journal. ย
The TIME 100 most influential list for 2020 includes several China-related figures:
- Uyghur activist Nury Turkelย (listen to Sinica Podcasts with Turkel hereย and here)
- Taiwanese gay rights activists Chi Chia-weiย (็ฅๅฎถๅจ Qรญ Jiฤwฤi)
- Pulmonologist and SARS/COVID-19 scientist Zhลng Nรกnshฤnย ้ๅๅฑฑ
- Zoom CEO Eric Yuanย (่ขๅพ Yuรกn Zhฤng)
- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wenย (่ก่ฑๆ Cร i Yฤซngwรฉn)
- SARS and COVID-19 scientist Zhฤng Yวngzhรจnย ๅผ ๆฐธๆฏ
- Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Lawย (็พ ๅ ่ฐ Luรณ Guฤncลng)
We still have four more seats open for ACCESS members to attend a closed-door sessionย with the speakers of this Fridayโs Disentangling the Escalating U.S.-China Tech Battleย event, Kaiser Kuo and founding partner of Race Capital Edith Yeung. Please email jesse@thechinaproject.comย if you are interested. Space is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Our word of the dayย is to hold a valid Chinese residency permitย ๆๆๆไธญๅฝๅฑ ็่ฎธๅฏ chรญ yวuxiร o zhลngguรณ jลซliรบ xวkฤ.
