Seven academics at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Canada, have worked with Chinese military researchers over the years on studies of Ebola, Lassa fever and rift valley fever, with reports published between early 2016 and 2020. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed that this was the case, and stressed that staff entering the P4 lab had undergone security checks. In response, the former Canadian security intelligence officer argued that the Chinese Communist military has expanded its recruitment of scientists and invested heavily in medical research in recent years, and that the collaboration was “crazy.
The Globe and Mail recently reported, “Scientists at Canada’s high-security virus lab collaborated with China. NML has seven scientists who have collaborated and experimented with PLA researchers, writing a total of six infectious disease research reports, the Post recently reported as “Scientists at Canada’s high-security virus lab collaborated with China. One of them, Feihu Yan, is from the PLA’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the military medical research institute of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Academy of Military Sciences.
It is reported that the unit was originally established in 1951 as the Institute of Military Medicine, and since 2003 has been responsible for the PLA’s disease management, renamed the PLA’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and engaged in the most recent scientific research, bringing together all the best researchers. According to the Globe and Mail, the Military Medical Research Institute is the PLA’s leading military science institute and is classified as “very high risk,” according to a rating compiled by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a think tank. The system is used to rate international institutions’ cooperation with Chinese universities, many of which could be used by the Communist Party’s military or security agencies for surveillance, human rights abuses or military purposes.
Andy Ellis, former assistant director of operations for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said the Chinese Communist military has stepped up its recruitment of scientists and invested heavily in medical research in recent years as part of a modern military strategy. But as a Canadian P4-level laboratory, NML’s cooperation with the Chinese Communist military is ill-advised and incredibly naive “crazy. He was even more shocked that PHAC would allow researchers from the mysterious People’s Liberation Army to enter a lab that requires in-depth background checks even for Canadians, which makes no sense at all.
The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Canada.
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