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US Professor Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Secretly Working for Chinese Research Institute

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US Professor Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Secretly Working for Chinese Research Institute
Workers cut up coal carts at the Datai coal mine in Mentougou, west of Beijing, on Dec. 18, 2019. Greg BakerAFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
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A U.S. professor has pleaded guilty to fraud after concealing his participation in a Chinese state-run job recruitment program.

Dr. James Patrick Lewis, 54, was a tenured physics professor at West Virginia University (WVU) from 2006 to August 2019. He specialized in studying molecular reactions used in coal conversion technologies.

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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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