A US congressional committee has released details of investigations into dozens of researchers, many of them Chinese-American, revealing the scale of government scrutiny sweeping academia over alleged links to China.
The documents – running to hundreds of pages – were released alongside a separate report by the House Select Committee on China. Titled “How to Stop China’s Theft of Taxpayer-Funded Research”, the report pushes back against arguments by universities and academic groups that tighter research security rules threaten academic freedom.
According to the committee, the records derive from investigations by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Inspector General (NSF OIG), including details of previously unreported cases.
The NSF, which funds much of America’s basic research, declined to comment.