Chi­nese re­searcher — and for­mer 'fugi­tive' — re­turns home af­ter DOJ moves to drop a spate of cas­es

A year ago, the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion’s crack­down on aca­d­e­m­ic and es­pi­onage reached a fever pitch as the US abrupt­ly or­dered Chi­na to shut down its Hous­ton con­sulate and, on the same day, an­nounced it had charged four vis­it­ing Chi­nese re­searchers for con­ceal­ing their ties to the Chi­nese mil­i­tary in visa ap­pli­ca­tions.

Over the past few days, though, the De­part­ment of Jus­tice has moved to drop those cas­es.

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