The US Department of Justice announced major changes to the espionage-protection programme. But scientists hope for further acknowledgement of the damage done.
found that nearly 90% of all China Initiative defendants were of Asian origin — a fact that Lee says is indisputable evidence of racial profiling.surveyed nearly 2,000 scientists in the United States and found that more than half of respondents of Chinese descent reported experiencing ‘considerable’ fear, anxiety or a mixture of both that they are being surveilled by the US government. Only 12% of non-Chinese scientists reported the same concern.
Mechanical engineer Gang Chen at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, was arrested under the China Initiative. Prosecutors later dropped the charges.
Hu says that the reforms are “encouraging” and could be a positive start to healing the hurt caused by his and others’ wrongful prosecution. However, he says he is waiting to see what action the government actually takes, and whether the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are held accountable for their behavior. Some have been trying to get the US government to make amends for wrongful prosecutions.
following his wrongful arrest for allegedly sharing restricted technological know-how with China. His case predates the China Initiative, but shares features with those brought under the programme. Prosecutors dropped charges ahead of trial.that he applauds the changes but also thinks that US Congress should hold the DOJ and FBI accountable for the “harassment” of academic researchers.
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