Now that Charles Lieber has been arrested, everyone has questions about his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Program — perhaps no one more than Lieber himself.
On an April evening last year, a group of chemists from around the world gathered for dinner at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. They had been beckoned by the Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, which was hosting a special one-day event called the CML Symposium. The title was an homage to the man being honored: Charles M. Lieber, the chair of the department, a celebrated mentor, and a giant in the field of nanotechnology.
The occasion was Lieber’s 60t
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Bob Fu's relationship with China has gone through phases. First, he thought money would solve his problems there; then he joined protesters at Tiananmen Square, thinking the politics could change. In the end, he determined, only God could save China, and he's been fighting for religious freedom in China ever since he resettled in Texas. With his nonprofit, ChinaAid, prospering like never before, he says the U.S. is finally catching on.