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He is a ranking officer in the Chinese military accused of destroying a hard drive after being interviewed by agents. Suspicious considering the CCP is activel

He is a ranking officer in the Chinese military accused of destroying a hard drive after being interviewed by agents. Suspicious considering the CCP is actively seeding U.S. universities with clandestine military scientists via the Thousand Talents plan [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Talents_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Talents_Plan

HarryHirsch 6y ago
The guy is a PhD graduate of a military academy, of course he would be an officer. Graduates of military academies all over the world hold officer ranks. China has been remarkably successful in developing domestic industries. 25 years ago you didn't see decent Chinese papers in international journals, now you encounter them all the time. Good for them! It would be good if the US also supported its domestic research, but Americans just won't get advanced degrees in the sciences because it's too hard and the pay is too lousy.
- feelthepress 6y ago
  And China has been remarkably successful in stealing intellectual property and sensitive state information under the guise of "education". Ranking officers of foreign military governments does not exonerate his actions especially when he was caught hiding and destroying data.
knd_d6c94nlqd 6y ago
> Guan had access at UCLA to a "graphics processing unit," a piece of technology with potential military applications A GPU. Very dangerous. Very suspicious. The Thousand Talents Program is just a talent recruitment program. Tons of countries have analogous programs. Canada calls theirs the "Canada Excellence Research Chairs" program. The UK calls theirs the "Rutherford Fund." The Chinese program has nothing to do with "seeding US universities." It's mostly about encouraging Chinese scientists to return to China, to reverse the brain drain.

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He is a ranking officer in the Chinese military accused of destroying a hard drive after being interviewed by agents. Suspicious considering the CCP is activel

by feelthepress 6y ago

HarryHirsch 6y ago
The guy is a PhD graduate of a military academy, of course he would be an officer. Graduates of military academies all over the world hold officer ranks. China has been remarkably successful in developing domestic industries. 25 years ago you didn't see decent Chinese papers in international journals, now you encounter them all the time. Good for them! It would be good if the US also supported its domestic research, but Americans just won't get advanced degrees in the sciences because it's too hard and the pay is too lousy.
- feelthepress 6y ago
  And China has been remarkably successful in stealing intellectual property and sensitive state information under the guise of "education". Ranking officers of foreign military governments does not exonerate his actions especially when he was caught hiding and destroying data.
knd_d6c94nlqd 6y ago
> Guan had access at UCLA to a "graphics processing unit," a piece of technology with potential military applications A GPU. Very dangerous. Very suspicious. The Thousand Talents Program is just a talent recruitment program. Tons of countries have analogous programs. Canada calls theirs the "Canada Excellence Research Chairs" program. The UK calls theirs the "Rutherford Fund." The Chinese program has nothing to do with "seeding US universities." It's mostly about encouraging Chinese scientists to return to China, to reverse the brain drain.