Btw I don't think the French should feel so bad, by my understanding they did the right thing, or as best as they could: once they reviewed the construction of

Btw I don't think the French should feel so bad, by my understanding they did the right thing, or as best as they could: once they reviewed the construction of the building they refused to sign off on the bsl certification and no french researchers were sent to the institute (or maybe it was just one). I suppose they could have raised a bit more of a stink about it, but it was a different era, one when diplomacy with china was still a net win-win for everyone.