U of Waterloo Professor Denies Knowledge of Adviser Role at Military-Linked Chinese University

The school in question is the Harbin Institute of Technology, which was added to the U.S. Entity List in June 2020 for its links to the Chinese military.

The main building of the Harbin Institute of Technology’s main campus, located in China’s Heilongjiang Province, is seen in a file photo. Shutterstock

University of Waterloo professor Xuemin Shen is seen in a 2019 photograph receiving an “appointment letter” from a leading university in China that has been identified for its ties to the Chinese military. However, the professor denies having any position at that university.

That school is the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), whose main campus is in China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province. HIT is on the U.S. Entity List, a sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Commerce Department.