主题：两个关于MIT陈刚院士官司的情况 -- 方平

1、I just heard from a Prof. Gang Chen( MIT)’s colleague saying that MIT will support Gang by providing the legal support. This is great to hear. In fact, Gang’s Chinese research funds are mainly for the MIT-China joint research centers. MIT is fully aware of these joint research efforts and Gang is only the director of the center on the MIT side. Please share this information with your friends to clarify some misinformation on the internet. Thanks.

2、I like to clarify another charge to Prof. Gang Chen by FBI claiming his undisclosed Chinese appointments in China when he applied for the US research research grants. Until 2020, there has been no clear guidances from the US government agencies to disclose the academic courtesy appointments in applying for a US research grant. This is a common practice of almost all researchers in the US. For example, at Princeton, we were advised by our university research grant office to list our foreign courtesy appointments starting sometime from the beginning of 2020. Therefore, FBI is using a new policy to charge a normal practice of Gang in the past. The purpose is very clear: stop any Chinese influence.