FOIA Request 245561 to the National Institutes of Health
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APA Justice submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records pertaining to the effort by the National Instututes of Health (NIH) to investigate over 500 U.S.-based scientists and researchers believed to have connections to China.
The filing date of record is August 9, 2021. The assigned tracking number is 245561. The request covers the following records created on or after January 2011:
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Additional Background
On June 12, 2020, Science Magazine reported that fifty-four scientists have lost their jobs as a result of NIH probe into foreign ties. Six questions are raised from the report about the National Institute of Health (NIH) investigations:
2. Shift and transparency in policy? As recently as July 1, 2014, current NIH Director Francis Collins spoke in Fudan University in Shanghai to promote international collaboration. This and similar reports have apparently been removed from the NIH website with one exception of this report about NIH leaders celebrate 30 years of research with China in 2009. Why were these reports removed? When did the shift in policy take place and why? How were the scientists notified of the change in policy?
3. How did NIH start these investigations? According to Page 19 of The Cancer Letter on April 26, 2019, Michael Lauer, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, stated that there are three ways to identify potential problems: (a) FBI and other law enforcement agencies, (b) anonymous complaints, and (c) stewardship of NIH program staff. For the targeted 189 scientists at 87 institutions, what is the respective count by these three ways? How is their pattern and distribution similar or different from previous years?
4. Criminalizing science and scientists? If NIH is under pressure from the FBI and law enforcement to conduct these investigations, does it undermine the standard NIH procedures to deal with scientific ethical and integrity issues that may not be intrinsically criminal? How many of the scientists under NIH investigations conduct open fundamental research and how many on sensitive research that threatens national or economic security? Does their punishment fit the alleged act? What was actually stolen?
5. How will the NIH investigations enhance U.S. leadership in science and technology? Dr. Xifeng Wu was among the first scientists forced to leave MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She is now recognized for her significant contributions to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in China. She is a U.S. citizen. Her family still lives in Houston. How did her departure help U.S. leadership in science and technology? Same question for the 54 scientists. What threats have we mitigated by their departures?
6. Oversight and accountability? Is NIH open to third-party independent audit and review about the standards, process, and decision about these investigations? If so, would NIH cooperate with Congress and scientific/community organizations to conduct such audit, review, and oversight?
In the case of Dr. Charlie Lieber, he was not charged as a spy. On February 3, 2020, Science Magazine reported that “[w]hat worries Andrew Lelling, U.S. attorney for the Massachusetts district, is that Lieber was allegedly paid to carry out research in China, which, combined with his failure to disclose those relationships, makes him potentially vulnerable to pressure from the Chinese government to do its bidding at some future point.” Are we punishing a child because one day he may grow up to be a criminal? How far have we deviated from a justice system based on facts and evidence, rather than pretext, for individual prosecutions or investigations? When was the last time the U.S. government targeted a nation and a people for law enforcement?
These issues about accountability, oversight, and transparency are at the heart of racial profiling (according to the definition in H.R. 7120 Justice in Policing Act of 2020), justice, and fairness concerns for the Asian American community that led to the formation of the APA Justice Task Force in 2015.
- 1. Due process? What rights do the scientists have in terms of defense and representation? How are they informed and explained about these rights? How consistent is the decision process from case to case and from institution to institution? Are the standards public and publicized? How well are the scientists informed about these standards?
2. Shift and transparency in policy? As recently as July 1, 2014, current NIH Director Francis Collins spoke in Fudan University in Shanghai to promote international collaboration. This and similar reports have apparently been removed from the NIH website with one exception of this report about NIH leaders celebrate 30 years of research with China in 2009. Why were these reports removed? When did the shift in policy take place and why? How were the scientists notified of the change in policy?
3. How did NIH start these investigations? According to Page 19 of The Cancer Letter on April 26, 2019, Michael Lauer, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, stated that there are three ways to identify potential problems: (a) FBI and other law enforcement agencies, (b) anonymous complaints, and (c) stewardship of NIH program staff. For the targeted 189 scientists at 87 institutions, what is the respective count by these three ways? How is their pattern and distribution similar or different from previous years?
4. Criminalizing science and scientists? If NIH is under pressure from the FBI and law enforcement to conduct these investigations, does it undermine the standard NIH procedures to deal with scientific ethical and integrity issues that may not be intrinsically criminal? How many of the scientists under NIH investigations conduct open fundamental research and how many on sensitive research that threatens national or economic security? Does their punishment fit the alleged act? What was actually stolen?
5. How will the NIH investigations enhance U.S. leadership in science and technology? Dr. Xifeng Wu was among the first scientists forced to leave MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She is now recognized for her significant contributions to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in China. She is a U.S. citizen. Her family still lives in Houston. How did her departure help U.S. leadership in science and technology? Same question for the 54 scientists. What threats have we mitigated by their departures?
6. Oversight and accountability? Is NIH open to third-party independent audit and review about the standards, process, and decision about these investigations? If so, would NIH cooperate with Congress and scientific/community organizations to conduct such audit, review, and oversight?
In the case of Dr. Charlie Lieber, he was not charged as a spy. On February 3, 2020, Science Magazine reported that “[w]hat worries Andrew Lelling, U.S. attorney for the Massachusetts district, is that Lieber was allegedly paid to carry out research in China, which, combined with his failure to disclose those relationships, makes him potentially vulnerable to pressure from the Chinese government to do its bidding at some future point.” Are we punishing a child because one day he may grow up to be a criminal? How far have we deviated from a justice system based on facts and evidence, rather than pretext, for individual prosecutions or investigations? When was the last time the U.S. government targeted a nation and a people for law enforcement?
These issues about accountability, oversight, and transparency are at the heart of racial profiling (according to the definition in H.R. 7120 Justice in Policing Act of 2020), justice, and fairness concerns for the Asian American community that led to the formation of the APA Justice Task Force in 2015.
Another Purge of Scholars from China?
On August 26, 2020, the University of North Texas (UNT) announced that it has ended "its relationship with visiting scholars who receive funding from the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC, also known as the Chinese Scholarship Fund." Access to UNT email, servers, and other materials, as well as the J-1 program under the U.S. Exchange Visit Program, were terminated immediately. In essence, the action expelled these scholars from the United States.
On August 31, 2020, Ling-Chi Wang, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, wrote a letter to UNT to express "shock and profound concern" over the sudden expulsion of students from the university and the U.S. "In the absence of any legitimate explanation, the expulsion appears to be national origin-based and possibly racially and politically motivated, an action explicitly prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Right Act of 1964," Professor Wang wrote in the letter.
On the same day, retired Julie Tang also wrote to UNT to protest the expulsion of Chinese students. "Their summary removal from the College appears to be a serious violation of their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process of the law under the 14th Amendment," Judge Tang said in the letter.
UNT President Neal Smatresk had issued a statement on "Moving Forward and Living Our Values as a Diverse, Inclusive Community" on June 17, 2020. "I am steadfastly committed to celebrating our diversity and working toward the changes necessary for our university to lead in the fight against racism and bias so that each and every individual feels like a valued member of our Mean Green family," the statement said.
A concerned individual has also sent a protest message to UNT President Smatresk, pointing out that the purge of Chinese scholars is not based on misbehavior but on the source of their funding assistance. The UNT letter is a "get-out-of-Dodge" letter from the "Sheriff" with no pretense of due process. "It is a resurrection of the shameful Chinese Exclusion Acts of the past."
On September 3, 2020, the petition to "Take back the decision to end the relationship with the Chinese scholars who fund by CSC" has gathered morfe than 6,000 signatures. It has been reported that UNT expelled 15 Chinese government-backed scholars.
It is unknown at this time whether the expulsion is a unilateral decision made by UNT, how many other higher education institutions have taken similar action on their own, or an implemenation of a government policy. Available evidence suggests that it may be related to a 2020/08/18 letter from a State Department official.
On August 31, 2020, Ling-Chi Wang, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, wrote a letter to UNT to express "shock and profound concern" over the sudden expulsion of students from the university and the U.S. "In the absence of any legitimate explanation, the expulsion appears to be national origin-based and possibly racially and politically motivated, an action explicitly prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Right Act of 1964," Professor Wang wrote in the letter.
On the same day, retired Julie Tang also wrote to UNT to protest the expulsion of Chinese students. "Their summary removal from the College appears to be a serious violation of their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process of the law under the 14th Amendment," Judge Tang said in the letter.
UNT President Neal Smatresk had issued a statement on "Moving Forward and Living Our Values as a Diverse, Inclusive Community" on June 17, 2020. "I am steadfastly committed to celebrating our diversity and working toward the changes necessary for our university to lead in the fight against racism and bias so that each and every individual feels like a valued member of our Mean Green family," the statement said.
A concerned individual has also sent a protest message to UNT President Smatresk, pointing out that the purge of Chinese scholars is not based on misbehavior but on the source of their funding assistance. The UNT letter is a "get-out-of-Dodge" letter from the "Sheriff" with no pretense of due process. "It is a resurrection of the shameful Chinese Exclusion Acts of the past."
On September 3, 2020, the petition to "Take back the decision to end the relationship with the Chinese scholars who fund by CSC" has gathered morfe than 6,000 signatures. It has been reported that UNT expelled 15 Chinese government-backed scholars.
It is unknown at this time whether the expulsion is a unilateral decision made by UNT, how many other higher education institutions have taken similar action on their own, or an implemenation of a government policy. Available evidence suggests that it may be related to a 2020/08/18 letter from a State Department official.
Links and References
Statement by UNT Office of Provost: Visiting Researchers
2021/05/10 Study International: Are all Chinese students welcome back to the US?
2021/05/07 NBC News: U.S. embassy apologizes for asking Chinese students, 'Are you like this dog ... ?'
2021/05/06 New York Times: ‘Are You Like This Doggy?’ U.S. Embassy Asked Chinese Students. It Backfired.
2021/05/05 The Diplomat: Will Easing of Student Visa Restrictions Rekindle China-US Exchanges?
2020/09/10 Reuters: U.S. cancels visas of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals deemed security risks
BBC News: US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students deemed security risk
2020/09/08 Voice of America: US Expanding Restrictions on Chinese Students
2020/09/05 South China Morning Post: The Chinese researchers caught in a US academic no-man’s land
BBC News: Chinese students face increased scrutiny at US airports
2020/09/04 NBC-5: Chinese Researchers Ordered to Leave Country After UNT Terminates Visa Program
The College Post: University of North Texas Expels 15 Chinese Government-Backed Scholars
2020/08/18 State Department: Letter From Under Secretary Keith Krach to the Governing Boards of American Universities
2021/05/10 Study International: Are all Chinese students welcome back to the US?
2021/05/07 NBC News: U.S. embassy apologizes for asking Chinese students, 'Are you like this dog ... ?'
2021/05/06 New York Times: ‘Are You Like This Doggy?’ U.S. Embassy Asked Chinese Students. It Backfired.
2021/05/05 The Diplomat: Will Easing of Student Visa Restrictions Rekindle China-US Exchanges?
2020/09/10 Reuters: U.S. cancels visas of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals deemed security risks
BBC News: US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students deemed security risk
2020/09/08 Voice of America: US Expanding Restrictions on Chinese Students
2020/09/05 South China Morning Post: The Chinese researchers caught in a US academic no-man’s land
BBC News: Chinese students face increased scrutiny at US airports
2020/09/04 NBC-5: Chinese Researchers Ordered to Leave Country After UNT Terminates Visa Program
The College Post: University of North Texas Expels 15 Chinese Government-Backed Scholars
2020/08/18 State Department: Letter From Under Secretary Keith Krach to the Governing Boards of American Universities
ICE Directive on Student Visas
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a directive on student visas that would compel international students to leave the United States if their coursework were entirely online. Since the U.S. has so far failed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. schools are planning to offer classes entirely online this fall. In effect, the ICE directive will negatively impact hundreds of thousands of international students directly and various segments of the U.S. society indirectly.
Reactions against the proposed rule were broad, swift and strong.
A week after the announcement, a federal judge in Boston announced on July 14, 2020 that the Trump administration has rescinded its policy. However, there were still reports that the White House may focus on applying the rule to new students instead of existing students. On July 24, ICE introduced the new rule to new students.
Reactions against the proposed rule were broad, swift and strong.
A week after the announcement, a federal judge in Boston announced on July 14, 2020 that the Trump administration has rescinded its policy. However, there were still reports that the White House may focus on applying the rule to new students instead of existing students. On July 24, ICE introduced the new rule to new students.
Related Links
2020/07/24 NPR: ICE Confirms New Foreign Students Can't Take Online-Only Course Loads In The U.S.
2020/07/16 South China Morning Post opinion: Trump’s student visa rules have been rescinded, but the damage is done
2020/07/15 South China Morning Post: Trump administration drops plan to deport foreign students taking online-only classes amid coronavirus pandemic
2020/07/14 CNN: Trump administration drops restrictions on online-only instruction for foreign students
NPR: ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.
北美新视界: 移民局撤回恶法！UCA加入哈佛MIT起诉，发表法庭之友声援留学生
2020/07/13 Cato Institute: ICE’s Online Class Policy For Foreign Students: Lots of Questions, Few Explanations
New York Daily News: N.Y. lawsuit challenges Trump order to revoke foreign student visas
Boston Globe: 59 colleges and universities back Harvard, MIT in challenge to ICE Directive on international students
UCA amicus brief
2020/07/11 The Economist: A Sino-American bond, forged by Chinese students, is in peril
纽约华人资讯网: 美国华人联合会将向法庭提交陈述谴责留学生网课新政
The Rice Thresher: Rice plans to support Harvard and MIT in lawsuit against new ICE regulations for international students
Fox News: Immigration advocates, educators slam new ICE rule restricting foreign college students: 'It really has no basis'
2020/07/10 NBC Make It: ‘I would be forfeiting my education’: International students share how new ICE rules impact them
UCA: Statement on Trump Administration’s New Visa Rules Regarding Foreign Students
Washington Post: After ICE cracks down on online learners, international students scramble for backup plans
The Bellingham Herald: Washington state contests new immigration rule for international students
2020/07/09 NBC News: 'Definitely no,' I'm not a spy: Student describes toll of visa ban targeting China tech theft
New York Daily News Editorial Board: A miseducation: Trump shuts out foreign students forced into online-only classes
CNBC: UC will sue Trump administration over international student ban, joining Harvard, MIT
KARE-11: University of Minnesota to challenge visa restrictions on international students
Washington Post: California leaders sue Trump administration over rule that international students must take in-person classes
NPR: Columbia University President On New ICE Regulations Regarding International Students
UCA: Statement on Trump Administration’s New Visa Rules Regarding International Students
2020/07/08 AP: Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
Arc Technica: Harvard, MIT sue Trump admin to block deportation of online-only students
Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-11283
Nature: Scientists in China say US government crackdown is harming collaborations
Bloomberg Law: Harvard and MIT Sue ICE to Halt New Student Visa Guidelines (2)
University of California: UC poised to sue federal government over new visa policy for international students
Science: ‘Disturbing and cruel.’ Universities blast new visa rule for international students
AAAS: Statement on U.S. ICE Guidelines for International Students Related to Visa Status
NPR: 'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change
New Mexico Political Report: NM universities respond to new ICE rule targeting international students
The World: Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president
2020/07/07 New York Times: Trump Visa Rules Seen as Way to Pressure Colleges on Reopening
The Duke Chronicle: Price criticizes new ICE rules threatening visa status for international students taking online classes
New York Daily News: ‘Panic and chaos’: NYC international students, colleges react to new ICE rule on remote learning
Country-wide faculty letter and petition in response to the discriminatorynew rule
2020/07/06 NPR: ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall
White House Petition: Allow F-1 students to stay in the US through the fall semester if instruction is online due to the pandemic
2020/07/16 South China Morning Post opinion: Trump’s student visa rules have been rescinded, but the damage is done
2020/07/15 South China Morning Post: Trump administration drops plan to deport foreign students taking online-only classes amid coronavirus pandemic
2020/07/14 CNN: Trump administration drops restrictions on online-only instruction for foreign students
NPR: ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.
北美新视界: 移民局撤回恶法！UCA加入哈佛MIT起诉，发表法庭之友声援留学生
2020/07/13 Cato Institute: ICE’s Online Class Policy For Foreign Students: Lots of Questions, Few Explanations
New York Daily News: N.Y. lawsuit challenges Trump order to revoke foreign student visas
Boston Globe: 59 colleges and universities back Harvard, MIT in challenge to ICE Directive on international students
UCA amicus brief
2020/07/11 The Economist: A Sino-American bond, forged by Chinese students, is in peril
纽约华人资讯网: 美国华人联合会将向法庭提交陈述谴责留学生网课新政
The Rice Thresher: Rice plans to support Harvard and MIT in lawsuit against new ICE regulations for international students
Fox News: Immigration advocates, educators slam new ICE rule restricting foreign college students: 'It really has no basis'
2020/07/10 NBC Make It: ‘I would be forfeiting my education’: International students share how new ICE rules impact them
UCA: Statement on Trump Administration’s New Visa Rules Regarding Foreign Students
Washington Post: After ICE cracks down on online learners, international students scramble for backup plans
The Bellingham Herald: Washington state contests new immigration rule for international students
2020/07/09 NBC News: 'Definitely no,' I'm not a spy: Student describes toll of visa ban targeting China tech theft
New York Daily News Editorial Board: A miseducation: Trump shuts out foreign students forced into online-only classes
CNBC: UC will sue Trump administration over international student ban, joining Harvard, MIT
KARE-11: University of Minnesota to challenge visa restrictions on international students
Washington Post: California leaders sue Trump administration over rule that international students must take in-person classes
NPR: Columbia University President On New ICE Regulations Regarding International Students
UCA: Statement on Trump Administration’s New Visa Rules Regarding International Students
2020/07/08 AP: Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
Arc Technica: Harvard, MIT sue Trump admin to block deportation of online-only students
Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-11283
Nature: Scientists in China say US government crackdown is harming collaborations
Bloomberg Law: Harvard and MIT Sue ICE to Halt New Student Visa Guidelines (2)
University of California: UC poised to sue federal government over new visa policy for international students
Science: ‘Disturbing and cruel.’ Universities blast new visa rule for international students
AAAS: Statement on U.S. ICE Guidelines for International Students Related to Visa Status
NPR: 'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change
New Mexico Political Report: NM universities respond to new ICE rule targeting international students
The World: Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president
2020/07/07 New York Times: Trump Visa Rules Seen as Way to Pressure Colleges on Reopening
The Duke Chronicle: Price criticizes new ICE rules threatening visa status for international students taking online classes
New York Daily News: ‘Panic and chaos’: NYC international students, colleges react to new ICE rule on remote learning
Country-wide faculty letter and petition in response to the discriminatorynew rule
2020/07/06 NPR: ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall
White House Petition: Allow F-1 students to stay in the US through the fall semester if instruction is online due to the pandemic
New Chinese Exclusion Act
As history would repeat itself again, two Republican senators and a Republican congressman introduced legislation on May 27, 2020 that would bar Chinese nationals from receiving student or research visas to the United States for graduate or postgraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields.
While sugarcoated under the name of SECURE CAMPUS Act, it is the new Chinese Exclusion Act. The 1882 version started by targeting Chinese skilled and unskilled laborers for 10 years, preceded by anti-Chinese hate violence and "Magic Washer," then extended to all Asians permanently. It was not repealed until 1943. Only after many generations did the U.S. Senate and House express its regret its enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
The new Chinese Exclusion Act targets students and scientists, preceded by racial profiling of Chinese American scientists and xenophobic labeling of "China virus" and "Wuhan virus" to provoke racism and hate. Quoting Republican Iowa Congressman John Kasson (1822-1910), this new version of the Chinese Exclusion Act is also "one of the most vulgar forms of barbarism."
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates has prepared an open letter calling on the senators and congressman to withdraw and abandon the bill. Like-minded organizational are asked to sign on to the letter here. Deadline to join the open letter is June 2, 2020.
We will have continuing coverage of this development here.
Related Links
APA Justice: Chinese Exclusion Act
2020/06/25 The University Star opinion: The SECURE CAMPUS Act has nothing to do with securing campus
2020/06/23 Penn Today: A statement regarding restrictions on international students and scholars
2020/06/17 Defense One: Chinese Students Are Key to US National Security, Eric Schmidt Says
2020/06/12 The Diplomat: Banning Chinese Students Won’t Safeguard US National Security
2020/06/07 Los Angeles Times: ‘It’s the new Chinese Exclusion Act’: How a Trump order could hurt California universities
2020/06/04 Voice of America: US Ban on Chinese Students With Military Links Divides Experts on Impact
OCA: Press Release
OCA: OCA and Over 160 Organizations Urge White House and Electeds to Stop Banning Chinese Students
2020/06/02 OCA: Organizational sign-on: Letter on SECURE CAMPUS Act
2020/05/30 Voice of America: Chinese Grad Students Banned by Trump Order
2020/05/29 The White House: Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China
Inside Higher Ed: New Restrictions for Chinese Students With Military University Ties
CATO Institute: We Should “Confront” China by Liberalizing Chinese Immigration
2020/05/28 New York Times: U.S. to Expel Chinese Graduate Students With Ties to China’s Military Schools
ASBMB: Statement on SECURE CAMPUS Act
2020/05/27 Senator Tom Cotton: Cotton, Blackburn, Kustoff Unveil Bill to Restrict Chinese STEM Graduate Student Visas & Thousand Talents Participants
Higher Education: Proposed Legislation Would Bar Chinese STEM Graduate Students
While sugarcoated under the name of SECURE CAMPUS Act, it is the new Chinese Exclusion Act. The 1882 version started by targeting Chinese skilled and unskilled laborers for 10 years, preceded by anti-Chinese hate violence and "Magic Washer," then extended to all Asians permanently. It was not repealed until 1943. Only after many generations did the U.S. Senate and House express its regret its enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
The new Chinese Exclusion Act targets students and scientists, preceded by racial profiling of Chinese American scientists and xenophobic labeling of "China virus" and "Wuhan virus" to provoke racism and hate. Quoting Republican Iowa Congressman John Kasson (1822-1910), this new version of the Chinese Exclusion Act is also "one of the most vulgar forms of barbarism."
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates has prepared an open letter calling on the senators and congressman to withdraw and abandon the bill. Like-minded organizational are asked to sign on to the letter here. Deadline to join the open letter is June 2, 2020.
We will have continuing coverage of this development here.
Related Links
APA Justice: Chinese Exclusion Act
2020/06/25 The University Star opinion: The SECURE CAMPUS Act has nothing to do with securing campus
2020/06/23 Penn Today: A statement regarding restrictions on international students and scholars
2020/06/17 Defense One: Chinese Students Are Key to US National Security, Eric Schmidt Says
2020/06/12 The Diplomat: Banning Chinese Students Won’t Safeguard US National Security
2020/06/07 Los Angeles Times: ‘It’s the new Chinese Exclusion Act’: How a Trump order could hurt California universities
2020/06/04 Voice of America: US Ban on Chinese Students With Military Links Divides Experts on Impact
OCA: Press Release
OCA: OCA and Over 160 Organizations Urge White House and Electeds to Stop Banning Chinese Students
2020/06/02 OCA: Organizational sign-on: Letter on SECURE CAMPUS Act
2020/05/30 Voice of America: Chinese Grad Students Banned by Trump Order
2020/05/29 The White House: Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China
Inside Higher Ed: New Restrictions for Chinese Students With Military University Ties
CATO Institute: We Should “Confront” China by Liberalizing Chinese Immigration
2020/05/28 New York Times: U.S. to Expel Chinese Graduate Students With Ties to China’s Military Schools
ASBMB: Statement on SECURE CAMPUS Act
2020/05/27 Senator Tom Cotton: Cotton, Blackburn, Kustoff Unveil Bill to Restrict Chinese STEM Graduate Student Visas & Thousand Talents Participants
Higher Education: Proposed Legislation Would Bar Chinese STEM Graduate Students
Books and Reports
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Mara Hvistendahl (2020)
The Scientist and The Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage 
2020/02/02 Intercept: The FBI’s China Obsession
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Michael German (2019)
Disrupt Discredit and Divide: How The New FBI Damages Democracy 
Wen Ho Lee and Helen Zia (2001) The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was False Accused of Being a Spy 
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Committee of 100 (2017)
Prosecuting Chinese "Spies:" An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act 
Source: Committee of 100
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Dr. Wen Ho Lee and the DOE Task Force Against Racial Profiling
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In the Summer of 1999, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson established the Department of Energy Task Force Against Racial Profiling, headed by Deputy Secretary T.J. Glauthier. The Task Force was chartered to provide the Secretary with:
A final report by the DOE Task Force Against Racial Profiling was published in January 2000, including a report by APA community leaders (Appendix C). The Department of Justice blocked the report from the trial of Dr. Wen Ho Lee in 2000. Today, the report and related Task Force activities have essentially disappeared from the Internet. We thank the Federation of American Scientists for preserving an electronic copy and related reports of activities. Related Links: 2023/02/05 Full Measure: 2023/02/02 Sharyl Attkisson Podcast Episode 173: The FBI: 20+ Years of Wrongly Accusing Chinese Scientists of Being Spies 2018/03/12 Jeremy Wu: Revisiting Judge Parker’s Apology to Dr. Wen Ho Lee 2016/09/11 Slate: Just the Wrong Amount of American 2007/05/21 YouTube: The Wen Ho Lee Story (8:32) 2000/12/04 YouTube: Alberta Lee: The Wen Ho Lee Story: What Happened? (1:09:54) 2000/11 American Journalism Review: Rush to Judgment 2000/10/12 C-SPAN Video: Rep. Patsy Mink on the Investigation and Treatment of Dr. Wen Ho Lee (30:52) 2000/09/14 New York Times: Statement by Judge in Los Alamos Case, With Apology for Abuse of Power 2000/09/13 Judgment Day on Dr. Wen Ho Lee: Transcript of Court Proceedings 2000/01/19 Department of Energy: Richardson Releases Task Force Against Racial Profiling Report and Announces 8 Immediate Actions New York Times: Links to the reporting and opinions on Wen Ho Lee |
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Professor Xiaoxing Xi Receives Andrei Sakharov Prize
The American Physcial Society announced on October 22, 2019 that Temple University Physics professor Xiaoxing Xi is the recipient of the 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize. The Prize is awarded every two years by the American Physical Society and recognizes "oustanding leadership of scientists in upholding human rights."
Citation: "For articulate and steadfast advocacy in support of the US scientific community and open scientific exchange, and especially his efforts to clarify the nature of international scientific collaboration in cases involving allegations of scientific espionage."
The struggle of Chinese American scientists against racial profiling by the U.S. government, as symbolized by Professor Xiaoxing Xi, is now recognized to be a human rights issue.
Citation: "For articulate and steadfast advocacy in support of the US scientific community and open scientific exchange, and especially his efforts to clarify the nature of international scientific collaboration in cases involving allegations of scientific espionage."
The struggle of Chinese American scientists against racial profiling by the U.S. government, as symbolized by Professor Xiaoxing Xi, is now recognized to be a human rights issue.
2018/08/26 "Collateral Damage" on Sherry Chen and Professor Xiaoxing Xi
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2018/08/26 60 Minutes Overtime "The Spy Who Wasn't"
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Profiling of Asian Americans
On August 26, 2018, CBS 60 Minutes rebroadcast "Collateral Damage" nationwide with updates on the stories of Sherry Chen and Professor Xiaoxing Xi. Bill Whitaker reported on these and other innocent Chinese Americans wrongly accused of espionage-related crimes as the U.S. steps up the fight against Chinese theft of U.S. trade secrets and intellectual property.
60 Minutes Overtime, titled "The Spy Who Wasn't," further describes that "[a]s innocent Chinese Americans are being accused as spies, the impact on them and their families lasts far beyond the legal fees and dropped charges." Sherry Chen and Professor Xiaoxing Xi are not the only Asian American victims of racial discrimination in U.S. history. Collateral damage for Chinese American scientists is also not a recent occurrence by chance. The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers beginning in 1882. Subsequent amendments expanded the exclusion to all Asians. It was one of the most explicitly discriminatory laws based on race and national origin in U.S. history. The Chinese Exclusion Act and its amendments were not repealed until 1943. More on the Chinese Exclusion Act is available here. During the Second World War, about 120,000 Japanese were interned under Executive Order 9066, about two thirds of them were native-born American citizens. Most of them were uprooted from their homes in the West Coast and sent to relocation centers for suspicion of disloyalty to the United States. More on the Japanese Internment is available here. In combination with these historical and stereotypical backgrounds, the current state of profiling of Chinese Americans is further entrenched by:
In total or in part, these factors have led innocent Asian Americans to recent persecutions as explicit targets, collateral damage, and scapegoats in the context of national security. Racial profiling is legally and morally wrong. On July 23, 2019, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in the Senate Judicary Committee that the FBI has more than 1,000 investigations open into attempted intellectual property theft, nearly all of them involving Chinese. On October 22, 2019, the American Physical Society announced that Professor Xiaoxing Xi is a 2020 recipient of the biennial Andrei Sakhorov Prize. He was cited "For his articulate and steadfast advocacy in support of the US scientific community and open scientific exchange, and especially his efforts to clarify the nature of international scientific collaboration in cases involving allegations of scientific espionage." Both as a leader and a symbol, Professor Xi has elevated racial profiling against Chinese American scientists to be an international human rights issue. More on the current state here. |
Racial ProfilingThe use of race, ethnicity or national origin as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense Mistake An action or judgment that is misguided or wrong Stereotype An over-generalized belief about a particular category of people Implicit Bias Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner Social Stigma
Disapproval of, or discrimination against, a person based on perceivable social characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society Prejudice Harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment Discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things Terms may be different, but the racist message is the same:
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America Loses Talent by Racial Profiling
A fallout from racial profiling Chinese American scientists is the loss of talent by the U.S. in an increasingly competitive world for talents. A June 7, 2019 Asian Times article provides ample current and past examples and a succinct summary of how "US will regret persecuting Chinese scientists."
Racial profiling harms the long-term interests of America by forcing talented and renowned scientists, many of them naturalized U.S. citizens, out of the country into the welcoming arms of China. Ironically, profiling those in China's talent recruitment programs actually facilitates China’s recruitment. Stigmatizing all students from China, which exceeded 350,000 at US universities in 2017, as potential spies for China will not enhance but harm the pipeline of American research and innovation.
This May 29 essay titled "My Science Has No Nationality" by a young Chinese American female physicist describes the plight of many of today's Chinese American scientists.
2019/07/15 Inside Higher Ed: Attacking Chinese on Our Campuses Only Hurts America
Racial profiling harms the long-term interests of America by forcing talented and renowned scientists, many of them naturalized U.S. citizens, out of the country into the welcoming arms of China. Ironically, profiling those in China's talent recruitment programs actually facilitates China’s recruitment. Stigmatizing all students from China, which exceeded 350,000 at US universities in 2017, as potential spies for China will not enhance but harm the pipeline of American research and innovation.
This May 29 essay titled "My Science Has No Nationality" by a young Chinese American female physicist describes the plight of many of today's Chinese American scientists.
2019/07/15 Inside Higher Ed: Attacking Chinese on Our Campuses Only Hurts America
Some Examples of America's Lost Talents
- Dr. Xin Zhao, a prize-winning applied physicist from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, had to relocate his startup venture to commercialize some of the school’s patented nanotechnology from the U.S. to China after a federal investigation that included a failed sting, airport stops and an unfounded child-porn search.
- Dr. Chunzai Wang, a U.S. citizen and one of the foremost experts on ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate change, and hurricanes in the world, is now a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. He was a research oceanographer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He received the NOAA Research Scientist of the Year award in 2012 and 2013.
- Dr. Xifeng Wu, a U.S. citizen, is now Dean of School of Public Health, Vice President for the Second Affiliated Hospital and the Director for National Institute of Health Big Data, Zhejiang University in China. She was Director, Center for Public Health and Translational Genomics and Professor, Department of Epidemiology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in January 2019.
- Dr. Xiaorong Wang is now a Distinguished Professor of School of Chemical Science and Engineering and of Institute for Advanced Study at Tongji University at Shanghai, China. He was a project and group leader at Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology and received the Bridgestone/Firestone CEO Award for distinguished research.
- Dr. Xuesen Qian (1911-2009) is known as the founder of engineering cybernetics and father of the space program for China. He was a co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the U.S.. During the Second Red Scare in the 1950s, the U.S. government accused him of communist sympathies. After spending five years under house arrest, he was released in 1955 and deported to China. The head of the US Navy at the time was quoted as saying that Qian’s deportation was "the stupidest thing this country ever did. He was no more a communist than I was and we forced him to go.” Latest from BBC: Qian Xuesen: The scientist deported from the US who helped China into space
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2020/09/22 The Economist: Blocking students is not the answer to Chinese spying in America
2020/09/21 New York Times: N.Y.P.D. Officer Is Accused of Spying on Tibetans for China
2020/09/20 Tech Crunch: Gangster Capitalism and the American Theft of Chinese Innovation
2020/09/17 The Scientist: Racial Profiling Concerns Amid Crackdown on Scholars’ China Ties
Forbes China opinion: Rebuilding The U.S. Innovation Economy Requires Openness, Not Isolation
2020/09/16 SC Magazine: U.S. charges 7 alleged state-sanctioned Chinese hackers
Reuters: U.S. charges seven in wide-ranging Chinese hacking effort
2020/09/15 New Yorker: The Man Who Refused to Spy
2020/09/13 Indiana Gazette: Banning Chinese nationals takes cold war to extremes
2020/09/09 CNBC: U.S. cancels over 1,000 visas for Chinese nationals deemed security risks
The Diplomat opinion: When Emulating Mao, Xi Should Not Forget the Cultural Revolution
South China Post opinion: How the Trump administration has misunderstood the lessons of Nixon, Kissinger and the past 50 years of US-China diplomacy
2020/09/08 Voice of America: US Expanding Restrictions on Chinese Students
Asia Times opinion: Trump administration weaponizing academia
2020/09/07 Nature: US political crackdown spurs fears of Chinese brain-drain
2020/09/06 Yahoo (Bloomberg opinion): Banning Chinese Nationals Takes Cold War to Extremes
2020/09/05 BBC: Chinese students face increased scrutiny at US airports
2020/09/04 Reuters: Exclusive: White House asks U.S. agencies to detail all China-related funding
2020/09/03 MIT Technology Review: A brief history of Chinese-American espionage entanglements
2020/09/02 Reuters: U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal
National Geographic: America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens
NPR: Hostility Toward China Is Growing In The U.S., Poll Numbers Show
New York Times Opinion: America, Don’t Try to Out-China China
ZDNet: Chinese national receives 18-month sentence for stealing US semiconductor trade secrets
2020/09/01 The Conversation: The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China's long quest to become the global scientific leader
Bloomberg: Chinese Professor Gets 18 Months in Prison for Theft, Espionage
2020/08/31 Reuters: Chinese national arrested in U.S. probe of possible transfer of software to China
The Hill: Pompeo says Trump looking at whether to restrict Chinese students from the US
ZDNet: Chinese researcher charged with destroying evidence relating to illegal transfer of US tech
2020/08/30 Wall Street Journal: New York Police Change Attitudes After Implicit-Bias Training
2020/08/28 AP: Judge agrees to free Chinese researcher in visa fraud case
2020/08/27 Bloomberg News Wire: Mystery Man Set to Bail Out Chinese Scholar Caught in U.S. Sweep
USA Today: Helen Zia has seen hostility against Asian Americans before. ‘We didn’t learn enough or some people have forgotten.’
2020/08/26 Sacramento Bee: Amid national probe of Chinese scholars, UC Davis researcher renews bid for release
2020/08/25 The Diplomat: China’s Science Talent-Recruitment Program Draws Fresh Attention
2020/08/23 USA Today: 'Painted as spies': Chinese students, scientists say Trump administration has made life hostile amid battle against COVID-19
2020/08/22 AP: US WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging app
The National Interest: Can Donald Trump Save His Presidency By Making China the Enemy?
2020/08/19 Technology Review: The FBI's Decades-long Fight Against Industrial Espionage Hasn't Really Worked
2020/08/18 State Department: Letter From Under Secretary Keith Krach to the Governing Boards of American Universities
BBC News: Former CIA officer charged with spying for China
2020/08/17 Washington Post: Ex-CIA officer accused of sharing American secrets with Chinese intelligence
JDSupra: Protecting Trade Secrets: Lessons Learned From the Levandowski Case
2020/08/15 South China Morning Post: Engineer in trade-secrets case says charges were added because of her Chinese background
2020/07/29 Axios: How the U.S.-China consulate closures could impact espionage
2020/07/25 Washington Post opinion: What Mike Pompeo doesn’t understand about China, Richard Nixon and U.S. foreign policy
2020/07/22 NPR: Timeline: The Unraveling Of U.S.-China Relations
2020/07/21 ChinaFile: Is There a Future for Values-Based Engagement with China?
2020/07/20 GovExec: Leading the Intelligence Community After 2020’s Upheavals
2020/07/16 YouTube: Campaign 2020: China in the Center, but Chinese-Americans in the Middle
Politico: Barr lambastes Apple in China speech
South China Post opinion: Trump’s student visa rules have been rescinded, but the damage is done
2020/07/14 Science: NSF’s handful of foreign influence cases may be due to how it investigates them
2020/07/11 The Economist: A Sino-American bond, forged by Chinese students, is in peril
2020/07/08 Economic Times: The US-China rivalry is broadening from trade to everything
2020/07/07 Nature: Exclusive: US National Science Foundation reveals first details on foreign-influence investigations
Hudson Institute: China's Attempt to Influence U.S. Institutions: A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray (video 59:52)
2020/07/06 Nikkei Asian Review: Canada opens doors to Asian tech talent fleeing Trump's US
Forbes: ICE Says Foreign Students Can’t Attend Online-Only College This Fall, Despite Pandemic
2020/07/04 CNN opinion: The stunning hypocrisy of America's criticism on China
South China Morning Post: How strained US-China relations are playing out in American universities
South China Morning Post: US Peace Corps’ exit from China cuts valued channel of Sino-American dialogue
2020/07/03 USC US-China Institute: Video: David Zweig Looks At China's Talent Programs
Los Angeles Post opinion: Power of the Silent Majority
2020/07/01 Lawfare: House Intelligence Committee Holds Hearing on post-COVID U.S.-China Relations
Bloomberg Law: ANALYSIS: DOJ China Initiative Shift Warns Universities and Labs
Georgetown University: Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue
House Intelligence Committee: U.S.-China Relations and its Impact on National Security and Intelligence in a Post-COVID World
SupChina: How the U.S. DOJ’s ‘China Initiative’ impacts Chinese-American scientists and researchers
2020/06/30 Foreign Policy: Everyone Misunderstands the Reason for the U.S.-China Cold War
2020/06/27 Taipei Times: US issues warrants for three Taiwanese
2020/06/26 Bloomberg: Chinese Professor Found Guilty in U.S. of Economic Espionage
Bloomberg: Three engineers in China secrets case put on US wanted list
2020/06/25 CAA Chinese Chapter: Are Chinese-Americans Stuck in the Middle of US-China Conflict? (video 1:08:35)
2020/06/24 New York Post: China is biggest US threat, engaged in rampant espionage, says FBI Director Wray
2020/06/23 White House: Enhancing the Security and Integrity of America’s Research Enterprise
AAAS: Statement on Executive Order on Immigration and Visas
2020/06/22 Science: ‘Has it peaked? I don’t know.’ NIH official details foreign influence probe
2020/06/20 South China Morning Post: How the racist killing of Vincent Chin sparked the Asian-American movement
2020/06/18 Congress.gov: S.3997 - A bill to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise
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Science: U.S. science groups wary of new Senate bills to curb foreign influences
2020/06/11 Reuters: U.S. senators introduce new bill to punish Chinese technology theft
YouTube: "Other": A Brief History of American Xenophobia (video 7:10)
2020/06/09 National Committee on US-China Relations: The U.S. Department of Justice's China Initiative: A Conversation
New York Times: A U.S. Secret Weapon in A.I.: Chinese Talent
2020/06/08 National Interest: Why the Trump Administration Has Helped China
2020/06/04 Foreign Affairs: The Endangered Asian Century
2020/06/03 Wall Street Journal: Bill Aims to Stop Theft of U.S. University Research by China, Others
2020/06/02 Diverse: Do We All Look Alike?
2020/06/01 The Daily Californian: To be Asian and American
2020/05/31 MyNorthwest: Hidden history of anti-Chinese violence
2020/05/21 White House: United States Strategic Approach to The People’s Republic of China
Washington Post: Democrats are falling into a familiar trap on China
Politico: China-U.S. diplomatic back channels dry up, making communication harder
2020/05/20 Axios: The DOJ's China Initiative could be problematic for civil rights
2020/05/19 World Socialist Web Site: US steps up witch hunt against Chinese scientists
2020/05/15 Voice of America: US Intensifies Crackdown on China Intellectual Property Theft
2020/05/12 The New Republic: Congress May Hand Bill Barr the Keys to Your Online Life
2020/05/11 Compliance Week: Rewriting the cyber-compliance playbook: Strategies for new era of data theft, economic espionage
2020/05/06 CNN: Interview with former U.S. ambassador to China Max Baucus
2020/05/01 CSIS: America Challenges China’s National Talent Programs
2020/04/30 WGBN: What To Watch Now: 10 Programs To Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
2020/04/29 The Federalist: Explosive New Flynn Documents Show FBI Goal Was To ‘Get Him Fired’
2020/04/26 Forbes: Senator Tom Cotton Ramps Up Anti-China Rhetoric, Says Chinese Students Should Be Banned From U.S.
2020/04/24 Politico: GOP memo urges anti-China assault over coronavirus
Washington Post: Trump and Biden alike have stooped to demagoguery about China
2020/04/14 Politico: Corona Big Book Main Messages
2020/04/07 Politico: Inside DOJ's nationwide effort to take on China
2020/04/03 Lawfare: Evolutions in the U.S. Chinese-Hacking Indictment Strategy
Law.com: Defend Trade Secrets Act Goes International
2020/04/02 National Review: The FISA Scandal Is about Corruption, Not ‘Sloppiness’
2020/03/17 AAJC/ACLU: FOIA for Records on Government's Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute U.S.-Based Scientists and Researchers Believed to Have Connections to China
2020/03/12 Nature: Universities are forging ties with the FBI as US cracks down on foreign influence
2020/03/11 National Law Review: Federal Judge Confirms that Federal Trade Secret Statute Applies to Misappropriation that Occurs Overseas
2020/02/25 Washington Post: A former Boeing manager suspected of spying for China says that he, like Carter Page, was the victim of a flawed national security investigation
2020/02/20 WKRC-12: New FBI head to focus on public corruption, extremism, economic espionage
Winston & Strawn LLP: DOJ Charges Four Chinese Nationals in Equifax Data Breach
2020/02/19 NTD: Arrest of Harvard Professor Puts Chinese Economic Espionage in Spotlight
2020/02/15 AP: Former arms company engineer pleads guilty to weapons count
2020/02/06 New York Times: China’s Lavish Funds Lured U.S. Scientists. What Did It Get in Return?
2020/02/01 Quartz: Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense secrets to China
2020/01/09 NPR: Journalist Details 'Dangerously Unstable' Relationship Between The U.S. And China
2020/01/07 Scientific American: The “China Threat” and the Future of Global Science
2020/01/06 New Yorker: The Future of America’s Contest with China
2020/01/02 The Economist: The new red scare on American campuses
2019/11/19 Senate Hearing: Securing the U.S. Research Enterprise from China’s Talent Recruitment Plans
FBI: Securing the U.S. Research Enterprise from China's Talent Recruitment Plans
2019/11/18 U.S. News & World Report: US Failing to Stop China From Stealing Research, Report Says
2019/11/11 Todayville: Spy agencies must be transparent about new data-crunching, analyst warns
2019/11/05 Genome Web: Economic Espionage or Racism?
2019/10/22 American Physical Society: Spring 2020 American Physical Society Prizes and Awards Announced
2019/10/06 AP: US researchers on front line of battle against Chinese theft
2019/10/03 Washington Post: Asian Americans are rightly angry about racism. Making colleges less diverse isn’t the answer.
2019/10/02 The Chronicle of Higher Education: Asian Americans Are Not Affirmative Action’s Victims
2019/10/01 Inside Higher Ed: Judge Upholds Harvard's Admissions Policies
2019/08/01 NPR: American Graduates Of China's Yenching Academy Are Being Questioned By The FBI
2019/08/01 China File: How Should the U.S. Government Treat Chinese Students in America?
2019/08/01 South China Morning Post: ‘New red scare’ shrouds US-China tech war as Trump cracks down on intellectual property theft
2019/07/29 Science: U.S. universities battle a security storm in Congress
2019/07/26 APS News: Openness, Security, and APS Activities to Help Maintain the Balance
2019/07/26 Washington Post opinion: National security isn’t a bargaining chip with China
2019/07/24 Washington Post: Trial of Houston businessman stirs debate over U.S. crackdown on China’s economic espionage
2019/07/23 War On The Rocks commentary: America Can't Beat Beijing's Tech Theft with Racial Profiling
2019/07/23 Washington Post opinion: China is winning the ideological battle with the U.S.
2019/07/22 Los Angeles Times: Is it police work or racial profiling? U.S. crackdown puts Chinese scholars on edge
2019/07/20 New York Times: A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington
2019/07/19 Washington Post: Scrutiny of Chinese American scientists raises fears of ethnic profiling
2019/07/17 The Guardian opinion: Claims of a Chinese fifth column within Google stoke paranoia against Asian Americans and threaten to ruin the economy – and our democracy
2019/07/16 Washington Post opinion: I have served in the Air Force and in Congress. People still tell me to ‘go back’ to China
2019/07/05 Science editorial: Chinese scientists and security
2019/07/03 Washington Post opinion: China is not an enemy
2019/07/03 South China Morning Post: Fear mounts that Chinese-American scientists are being targeted amid US national security crackdown
2019/07/02 South China Morning Post: Chinese-American scientists fear US racial profiling (video 4:26)
2019/06/28 NPR: FBI Urges Universities To Monitor Some Chinese Students And Scholars In The U.S.
2019/06/19 The Guardian: ‘I feel like a target’: US tech workers of Chinese descent see trade war backlash
2019/06/17 Washington Post: Forced or Not? Why U.S. Says China Steals Technology
2019/06/07 The Scientist: US-China Tensions Leave Some Researchers on Edge
2019/06/07 Asian Times opinion: US will regret persecuting Chinese scientists
2019/06/03 Nature: Chinese American scientists uneasy amid crackdown on foreign influence
2019/05/29 Supchina: My Science Has No Nationality
2019/04/26 The Cancer Letter
2019/03/13 Asia Times opinion: Internment camps for Chinese Americans?
2019/01/31 The Hill: 'Guilty until proven innocent' is a dangerous bylaw
2018/09/01 Washington Post: U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
2018/08/31 Los Angeles Times: Bank of America reportedly froze some accounts after asking customers about their citizenship
2018/05/11 CNN: This is why everyday racial profiling is so dangerous
2009/11-12 NIH: NIH leaders celebrate 30 years of research with China
2000/11 DOJ: A Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems