Chinese Drone Researcher Loses Latest Visa Appeal Amid Fears of Developing WMDs

Zhu had previously studied at Beihang University in China, which is linked to the CCP military and ballistics development.
Chinese Drone Researcher Loses Latest Visa Appeal Amid Fears of Developing WMDs
A drone in flight in Shenzhen, China, on July 12, 2022. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
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A Chinese drone researcher, whose student visa was refused amid concerns of developing weapons of mass destruction, has lost his latest appeal in a five-year legal battle against Australia’s immigration minister.

Xiaolong Zhu, 36, came to Australia in 2018 with a tourist visa before being admitted to a PhD program at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Zhu’s research focuses on motion planning for multi-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) exploration in environments without GPS guidance.
The research is to develop a framework combining hardware and software for multi-UAV navigation, and cooperating to find a target in GPS-denied and cluttered environments, according to QUT’s website.