The China Initiative is dead, but its repercussions live on
Advocates say that dismantling the problems behind the initiative will require more work.
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DOJ scraps the China Initiative
The United States Justice Department is ending its contentious Trump-era initiative, with plans to include other nations in its anti-espionage strategy. For many academics and activists, it’s a relief.
U.S. drops ‘China Initiative’ case against MIT professor
The U.S. Justice Department dropped its case against Chen Gang, the MIT nanotechnology professor whom it accused a year ago of failing to disclose China ties. The U.S. government “badly…misunderstood the details surrounding scientific and academic collaboration,” said Chen’s lawyer.
Inside the DOJ’s China Initiative with the MIT Technology Review
The Department of Justice launched the "China Initiative" two years ago to counter perceived "national security threats." This week, Sinica talks to the investigative reporters who published a scathing indictment of the China Initiative in the MIT Technology Review.
Another trial begins for the DOJ’s troubled China Initiative
Charles Lieber, the former head of Harvard University’s chemistry department, is now on trial accused of hiding financial ties to China. His is the latest case under the U.S. Department of Justice’s China Initiative, which has come under growing criticism for creating an atmosphere of fear among Chinese scientists.
Calls to end ‘China Initiative’ intensify after Anming Hu acquittal
"The intentions behind the China Initiative might have served a purpose, but the program that is the China Initiative is a racial profiling witch hunt for theater and show that is ruining careers and turning peoples’ lives upside down."
Chinese-born professor in Tennessee cleared of all spying charges in rebuke to U.S. Department of Justice
A federal judge found that the Department of Justice had failed to prove its case that Hu Anming, a nanotechnology professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, had committed wire fraud and made false statements.
A scientist’s future hangs in the balance after another failure of the China Initiative
Launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2018, the China Initiative is a government program gone rogue. Will it be shut down after the suspensions of half a dozen investigations ended without prosecution or any evidence of wrongdoing?
Margaret Lewis on ethnic profiling in the DOJ’s China Initiative
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Margaret (Maggie) Lewis, a professor of law at Seton Hall University, about her work on the U.S. Department...
Gang Chen’s case should be the end of the DOJ’s ‘China Initiative’
The Department of Justice launched the "China Initiative" two years ago to counter perceived "national security threats." But with the recent indictment of MIT professor Gang Chen — whose colleagues delivered a strong, coordinated show of support on his behalf — we have a clear example of how the policy fails.