After Chen Gang, a prominent professor of nanotechnology at MIT, was arrested for failing to disclose China ties and funding, roughly 100 of his fellow faculty members signed a letter objecting to the criminal complaints against him.
We talk to lawyers, academics and victims of the China Initiative for their perspective.
We interview experts and gather their best advice for how to avoid being wrongly prosecuted for non-disclosure and other administrative wrongdoings.
Catherine X. Pan-Giordano is a partner at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP, which has a task force to advise clients regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s “China Initiative.”
Tracking paranoid rhetoric, visa restrictions, and the targeted policing of China-connected research, which combine to create a hostile atmosphere for Chinese people in the U.S.