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Nate Raymond

University of Kansas professor convicted of concealing China ties

Feng "Franklin" Tao, a professor at the University of Kansas, appears in an undated photo provided by the school. University of Kansas/Kelsey Kimberlin/Handout via REUTERS

A chemical engineering professor at the University of Kansas was convicted on Thursday on charges that he concealed work he was doing in China while conducting research that was funded by the U.S. government.

A federal jury in Kansas City found Feng "Franklin" Tao guilty of four of the eight counts against him including wire fraud charges in the latest trial to result from a now-ended Trump-era crackdown on Chinese influence within U.S. research.

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