Chinese Founder of 3D Genomics Investigated by FBI for Concealing Thousand Talents Program
Yijun Ruan, a Chinese national who is one of the world’s top experts in genetic research, is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly concealing his inclusion in the Chinese Communist Party‘s “Thousand Talents Program” when he applied for a research grant from the U.S. government.
The Bangor Daily News in Maine cited FBI documents filed in court last December that said Yijun Ruan, formerly an employee of the U.S. Jackson Laboratory in Connecticut, served as a principal investigator on 17 research projects for seven years from 2014 to 2020, applying for a total of $1.5 million in research grants from the National Institutes of health (NIH), The research grants totaled $15 million from the NIH.
The FBI has requested access to Nguyen’s emails, but no charges have been filed against him yet.
In 2012, Nguyen moved from Singapore to become a professor and director of the Jackson Laboratory in the United States, and in 2013 became a professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomics at the University of Connecticut Health Center, where he is the founder of 3D genomics worldwide.
According to information available on the Chinese domestic web, Yijun Ruan was selected in 2012 for the Communist Party’s Overseas Talent Program
“Thousand Talents Program,” and he subsequently travels frequently to China for academic seminars and lectures.
According to the indictment released by the FBI, Ruan Yijun received a letter of appointment to the “Thousand Talents Program” from ZNU while he was working at the Genome Institute of Singapore, and his appointment lasted until 2018.
He was offered a $150,000 start-up grant, a monthly salary of $15,000, and 150 square meters of on-campus housing.
The Thousand Talents Program is one of the Chinese Communist Party’s policies to bring in “high-level overseas talents” to acquire advanced technology from abroad, and in September 2018, it was announced that the FBI had made Thousand Talents Program scholars the focus of its investigation, going through the list one by one. The “Thousand Talents Program” is threatened to be reduced to a “prison program”.
Poll: Americans Dislike Chinese Communist Party, Don’t Trust Xi Jinping
A new survey by the Pew Research Center, a senior U.S. public opinion organization, shows that Americans’ favorability toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has fallen to a historic low, even lower than their impression of the CCP during the June 4 era, with more Americans now viewing the CCP as the “enemy” of the United States. “Fifty-five percent of U.S. respondents support the U.S. government’s restrictions on Chinese students, and one in five “strongly support” them.
A new March 4 Pew Research Center survey shows that only 15 percent of Americans believe Xi Jinping will “do the right thing” in global affairs. Forty-three percent of the public said they had “no confidence at all,” an increase of 5 percentage points compared to last March’s poll. “The percentage of respondents who expressed confidence in Xi Jinping in both surveys remained below 20%.
Americans’ negative view of China rose from 46% in 2018 to 67% in 2021; 34% of Americans and a majority of Republicans view China (the CCP) as an enemy of the United States, while only 9% view the CCP as a “partner” (partner) of the United States and 55% view Beijing Only 9 percent of Americans view the CCP as a “partner” (partner) of the United States, while 55 percent view Beijing as a “competitor” (competitor).
In terms of age, Americans over 65 (49%) are more likely to view China (CCP) as an enemy than young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 (20%); and in terms of race, white (42%) respondents are more likely to view China (CCP) as an enemy than black (12%) or Hispanic (21%) respondents.
The 3P2 Pew Research Center included a question this year asking about “cross-strait tensions,” with 28% saying it is very serious, 46% saying it is somewhat serious, and 23% saying it is not too serious or not a problem at all.
More than 90% of the public are concerned about the hacking attacks by the Chinese Communist Party, 86% are concerned about the growth of the Chinese Communist Party’s military power, and 85% are concerned about the trade deficit.
Asked about economic and trade relations, the survey results show a strong partisan divide, with 72% of Republican supporters saying they should take a tough stance against the CCP and 60% of Democratic or pan-Democratic supporters saying they should build a firmer relationship with China.
The Research Center conducted the survey from February 1-7 this year, successfully interviewing 2,596 adults through random sampling and weighting them by gender, race, party affiliation and Education to obtain the final survey data.
Xi Jinping: U.S. Is Beijing’s “Biggest Threat”
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping warned that the United States is the “biggest threat” to the Communist Party’s security, according to a New York Times report Wednesday, while touting the economic prospects of mainland China, saying “the East is rising and the West is declining.
The report cited Xi’s remarks to a county-level official in northwest China, which were published on a government website.
In his recent speech, Xi said, “The imminent risks and tests will be no less than those of the past.” “Our party has so far relied on struggle and must rely on struggle to win the future.”
Tying Biden to Anti-Communist policies, Republican lawmakers push several special laws to block huawei‘s shakedown
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Congress said they have initiated discussions with the executive branch on how to address the challenges posed by the Chinese Communist Party, with Republican lawmakers set to introduce bills to ensure Washington continues to maintain its restrictions on Beijing. This includes prohibiting the Commerce Department from removing Huawei from its list of entities and banning Chinese companies on the entity list from accessing U.S. capital markets.
The Voice of America notes that Republican Rep. Greg Steube (R-CA) introduced the “Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act” on Wednesday, which would keep Huawei on the entity list and impose export restrictions because “Huawei is one of the most powerful tools of the Chinese Communist Party and can be used to spy on the U.S. and to protect its interests. Huawei is one of the most powerful tools the Chinese Communist Party can use to spy on the United States and cause potential damage.
Stobie said the Commerce Department’s reluctance to take a position on keeping Huawei on the entity list shows the Biden Administration‘s weak stance on the Chinese Communist Party and would harm U.S. national interests. A total of six Republicans have now cosponsored the bill.
At her confirmation hearing in late January, Commerce Secretary Raimondo vowed to protect U.S. telecommunications networks from Chinese companies, but she refused to commit to keeping Huawei on the Commerce Department’s entity list. In addition to Huawei, there is also concern over whether Raimondo will continue to block TikTok, the overseas version of Jitterbit, and WeChat, the overseas version of WeChat, as the Justice Department awaits the Biden administration’s consideration of these measures.
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