Universities warned on China using ‘deception’ to hide military links

10 Sep 2024 | News

A new report lists a series of strange omissions and discrepancies that might deceive foreign researchers

Three Chinese medium self-propelled guns SU-100 displayed at The Tank Museum, Beijing. Photo credits: TMA_0 / Flickr

A new report finds that Chinese research institutions may be deliberately downplaying or hiding their military links, using a variety of tricks that foreign researchers considering collaborations should be aware of.

Research ties to China are under scrutiny like never before, after years when European universities happily cooperated with Beijing’s military and surveillance R&D efforts…