The Gatekeeper’s Secret: US Bans Professor Tao Li Over China Talent Plan Ties

For more than two years, Tao Li helped decide which American computer scientists got federal research money. All the while, US investigators say, he was quietly signed up to two Chinese government talent plans. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has now barred him from federal funding for six years. Bloomberg first reported the debarment on 13 August. […] The post The Gatekeeper’s Secret: US…