A string of unexplained deaths and disappearances among elite American scientists has prompted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe, and Newsweek reporting now shows China faces its own cluster of at least nine mysterious fatalities in military artificial intelligence (AI), hypersonic weapons, and space defence.
The combined tally of roughly 20 researchers, 11 in the United States and nine in China, raises questions about whether their work is the common thread.
