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Update (May 27): Li Xiao-Jiang is disputing the charges against him and his wife Li Shihua, Science reported on Friday (May 24). Emory University dismissed the two researchers “without any notice or opportunity for us to respond to unverified accusations,” he tells the publication, adding that he is concerned for members of his lab after four Chinese nationals working there as postdocs were told to leave the US within 30 days. Emory did not respond to Science’s request for more information.
Two researchers have been forced to leave their posts at Emory University after it emerged that they had not disclosed funds they had received from Chinese sources, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday (May 23). The removal of the pair, who have been identified by Chinese media as National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded geneticists Li Xiao-Jiang and Li Shihua, according to Science, marks the second known ...
