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Measures universities and research bodies use to keep sensitive research, funding and collaborations from being exploited by foreign states.
Labor Department investigators have subpoenaed nine universities, Harvard and MIT among them, over J-1 visas held by foreign postdocs. The White House did not immediately source Vance's case, a 61% J-1 rate at the schools against a 38% national average.
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MI5 says more than 100 UK-linked academics worked on research China's Ministry of State Security funded through front company CGTRI. Now that the link is public, staying in those projects risks prosecution under the 2023 National Security Act.
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MI5's first standalone Espionage Alert says a Beijing institute tied to China's spy ministry funded projects by more than 100 UK-linked academics. Universities were told to review any current or planned work with the institute immediately.
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MI5 named a research funder it links to China's Ministry of State Security and said more than 100 UK scientists worked on projects it paid for. Continued work with it risks prosecution under the 2023 National Security Act, so partners of those labs need to check who pays.
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MI5 has named the China General Technology Research Institute, which paid 100 or more UK academics, as a front for Chinese state security. Universities and academics that keep working with it could now face prosecution under the National Security Act 2023.
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