A number of Chinese scientists working at US universities were reportedly detained earlier on charges of concealing from immigration authorities their active duty statuses with the People's Liberation Army, feeding into Trump administration's allegations that Beijing's diplomats were recruiting researchers for an “intelligence-gathering scheme”.
Chinese government officials have reportedly issued warnings through multiple channels to US government representatives that American nationals in China might be detained in retaliation for the Justice Department's prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.
The warnings, that are believed to have also been received by the US Embassy in Beijing, are suggested as saying that while the American officials persist with their charges against the scholars, Americans currently residing in China may be similarly detained.
Allegations of Intellectual Property Theft
Over the summer, there had been reports, cited by The Wall Street Journal, that Chinese postgraduate researchers involved in research at US universities in areas such as bio-medicine and artificial intelligence had been detained under claims they had failed to reveal their active duty statuses with the People's Liberation Army to American immigration authorities.
US officials had alleged that Chinese diplomats were using the scientists as part of an intelligence-gathering scheme, according to an August…
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