
both Chen and Yu routinely traveled to China in 2014, 2016 and 2017.”( Had they cared to do so, investigators could easily have established that Mr. Yu and Ms. Chen have elderly parents in China.)The report even devotes an entire paragraph to Tsinghua University, from which Mr. Yu
had graduated in 2000:
[R]esearch on TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY revealed previous reporting that described the university as a C9 League, or one of China’s “Ivy League” schools which receives national funding and has ties to the China Scholarship Council. Also, TU actively supports numerous Chinese military programs and researches subjects of military interest, including the Chinese nuclear program, satellite and potential anti-satellite work and missile and radar related research. Furthermore, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY associates have previously sought sensitive or dual use or export controlled materials and components from cleared contractors.
Ex. F at 6. Of course, one could make similar observations about the U.S. government and defense ties of myriad American universities, including Harvard and MIT. The only possible relevance of this information in the FBI report was to taint Mr. Yu with suspicion by association, even though he had graduated from Tsinghua nearly 18 years prior to the report, had been in the United States for decades, and was a naturalized U.S. Citizen