{"id":1141080,"date":"2021-12-22T08:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141080"},"modified":"2021-12-22T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:57:54","slug":"harvard-chemistry-professor-with-wuhan-links-found-guilty-of-lying-about-receiving-cash-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-chemistry-professor-with-wuhan-links-found-guilty-of-lying-about-receiving-cash-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Chemistry Professor With Wuhan Links Found Guilty Of Lying About Receiving Cash From China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvard-chemistry-professor-with-wuhan-links-found-guilty-of-lying-about-receiving-cash-from-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Harvard University chemistry and engineering professor Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his ties to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Lieber was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-professor-indicted-for-allegedly-lying-about-ties-to-wuhan-university-program-aimed-at-advancing-chinas-science-and-technological-development\">indicted<\/a> and charged with making false statements to federal authorities about his participation in a Chinese-run program that seeks to lure American scientists to advance the communist nation\u2019s scientific development.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/harvard-professor-charles-lieber-found-guilty-of-six-counts-related-to-china-payments-11640128133?mod=hp_lead_pos10\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lieber, who holds joint appointments in Harvard University\u2019s chemistry and engineering departments and is a renowned expert in the field of nanoscience, was accused of lying to government investigators about his participation in the Chinese government\u2019s Thousand Talents program aimed at wooing foreign experts. He also was charged with failing to disclose cash payments from the program on his income tax returns and concealing the existence of a Chinese bank account.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict, returned after less than three hours of deliberations, marks a stunning fall for Mr. Lieber, who came under scrutiny by federal investigators over an academic partnership with the Wuhan University of Technology that dates back a decade. Prosecutors showed documentary evidence that Mr. Lieber had signed a Thousand Talents agreement with Wuhan that paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars \u2014 some in cash and some deposited into a Chinese bank account.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the Chinese Communist Party has worked tirelessly to acquire footholds in American higher education. For instance, government officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-punishing-students-in-u-s-who-speak-out-against-regime\">monitor<\/a> Chinese students\u2019 behavior to ensure that they are not speaking negatively of their home nation\u2019s regime. In one such incident, the family of Zhihao Kong \u2014 a student at Purdue University \u2014 was visited by government agents after Kong participated in an online rehearsal commemoration for the Tiananmen massacre.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue President Mitch Daniels later sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/purdue-president-condemns-china-for-intimidating-students-families-who-speak-out-against-communist-regime\">letter<\/a> to students, staff, and faculty explaining that administrators had learned about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret that we were unaware at the time of these events and had to learn of them from national sources,\u201d Daniels wrote. \u201cThat reflects the atmosphere of intimidation that we have discovered surrounds this specific sort of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny such intimidation is unacceptable and unwelcome on our campus. Purdue has punished less personal, direct and threatening conduct. Anyone taking exception to the speech in question had their own right to express their disagreement, but not to engage in the actions of harassment which occurred here,\u201d Daniels continued. \u201cIf those students who issued the threats can be identified, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Likewise, any student found to have reported another student to any foreign entity for exercising their freedom of speech or belief will be subject to significant sanction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond higher education, American corporations \u2014 seeking to benefit from China\u2019s large and quickly growing consumer economy \u2014 willingly capitulate to the communist regime. Most recently, the NFL faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nfl-caves-to-communist-china-as-it-releases-map-falsely-claiming-that-taiwan-belongs-to-china\">heat<\/a> for publishing a map that showed Taiwan belonging to China, while news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/apple-ceo-signed-secret-agreement-with-china-promising-to-help-them-report-says\">broke<\/a> that Apple secretly signed a $275 billion agreement with the Chinese government in which Apple vowed to aid China\u2019s economy and technology industries.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University chemistry and engineering professor Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his ties to the Chinese government.Last year, Lieber was indicted and charged with making false statements to federal authorities about his participation in a Chinese-run program that seeks to lure American scientists to advance the communist nation\u2019s scientific development.On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported:Mr. Lieber, who holds joint appointments in Harvard University\u2019s chemistry and engineering departments and is a renowned expert in the field of nanoscience, was accused of lying to government investigators about his participation in the Chinese government\u2019s Thousand Talents program aimed at wooing foreign experts. He also was charged with failing to disclose cash payments from the program on his income tax returns and concealing the existence of a Chinese bank account.The verdict, returned after less than three hours of deliberations, marks a stunning fall for Mr. Lieber, who came under scrutiny by federal investigators over an academic partnership with the Wuhan University of Technology that dates back a decade. Prosecutors showed documentary evidence that Mr. Lieber had signed a Thousand Talents agreement with Wuhan that paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars \u2014 some in cash and some deposited into a Chinese bank account.Indeed, the Chinese Communist Party has worked tirelessly to acquire footholds in American higher education. For instance, government officials monitor Chinese students\u2019 behavior to ensure that they are not speaking negatively of their home nation\u2019s regime. In one such incident, the family of Zhihao Kong \u2014 a student at Purdue University \u2014 was visited by government agents after Kong participated in an online rehearsal commemoration for the Tiananmen massacre.Purdue President Mitch Daniels later sent a letter to students, staff, and faculty explaining that administrators had learned about the incident.\u201cWe regret that we were unaware at the time of these events and had to learn of them from national sources,\u201d Daniels wrote. \u201cThat reflects the atmosphere of intimidation that we have discovered surrounds this specific sort of speech.\u201d\u201cAny such intimidation is unacceptable and unwelcome on our campus. Purdue has punished less personal, direct and threatening conduct. Anyone taking exception to the speech in question had their own right to express their disagreement, but not to engage in the actions of harassment which occurred here,\u201d Daniels continued. \u201cIf those students who issued the threats can be identified, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Likewise, any student found to have reported another student to any foreign entity for exercising their freedom of speech or belief will be subject to significant sanction.\u201dBeyond higher education, American corporations \u2014 seeking to benefit from China\u2019s large and quickly growing consumer economy \u2014 willingly capitulate to the communist regime. Most recently, the NFL faced heat for publishing a map that showed Taiwan belonging to China, while news broke that Apple secretly signed a $275 billion agreement with the Chinese government in which Apple vowed to aid China\u2019s economy and technology industries.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}