DOJ scraps divisive China Initiative that swept up prominent scientists — but vows to keep guarding against academic espionage
The China Initiative, the controversial Trump-era program designed to crack down on perceived spying and theft of American academic research for Beijing’s benefit, is coming to an end.
In the wake of complaints that the campaign unfairly targeted Asian scientists — and following several high-profile cases of prosecutors dropping their charges against researchers — the US Justice Department decided to do away with the three-year-old initiative, Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general for national security, announced Wednesday.
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