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Asian American professor wrongfully accused of spying for China is suing University of Kansas
Franklin Tao, an Asian American scientist who was wrongfully accused of spying for China, is suing the University of Kansas, his former employer, accusing it of “vicious, unabated discrimination.”
Ex-professor Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao sues US university after China spying charges overturned
A former tenured professor of chemistry accuses the University of Kansas of discrimination and improperly collaborating with the FBI. A Chinese-born former chemistry professor at the University of Kansas who was wrongfully accused of being a Chinese spy has filed a lawsuit against the school,
Why a former KU professor is suing after he was accused of being a Chinese spy
Former KU professor Feng Tao was wrongfully accused of economic espionage and falsely claimed to be a Chinese spy. Now he's suing KU.
KU Professor Fired Amid China Initiative Sues to Regain Job
The University of Kansas fired a professor whom a jury convicted in 2022 as part of the first Trump administration’s controversial—and since discontinued—China Initiative. But Feng “Franklin” Tao managed to overturn those convictions, and he’s now suing KU to get his job back.
‘KU was wrong’: Former professor sues for his old job, alleging racial discrimination
Feng “Franklin” Tao was prosecuted under the Department of Justice’s “China Initiative” but was eventually acquitted, his attorneys said.
Chemist cleared of charges for ‘secret’ China ties sues university for helping Trump DOJ ruin his life
Exclusive: Feng “Franklin” Tao’s “life, career, reputation, and finances are in shambles” thanks to unfounded claims the ...
Ex-Kansas Prof Sues School for Not Rehiring Him After Acquittal
A former University of Kansas professor arrested as part of the Justice Department’s now-defunct “China Initiative” is suing the school for not rehiring him after he won his appeal challenging the ...
Why the spectre of another Trump term haunts China-born scientists in the US
Chinese-American researchers worry that if Donald Trump returns to the White House he could revive the China Initiative ...