Researcher Under FBI Investigation for Allegedly Hiding Ties to China

Researcher Under FBI Investigation for Allegedly Hiding Ties to China
Laboratory technicians test samples of blood at an animal hospital in Beijing on Feb. 6, 2004. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
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A Chinese researcher who once worked at The Jackson Laboratory is under FBI investigation, for allegedly failing to disclose his financial ties to China in applications for U.S. government funding.

Ruan Yijun, a geneticist, failed to disclose his participation in a Chinese state-sponsored recruitment program called the Thousand Talents program and his collaboration agreement with China’s state-run Shenzhen People’s Hospital, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed on Mar. 2. The affidavit was filed in federal court in Bangor, Maine, on Dec. 30 last year.

Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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