Out of 77 known China Initiative cases, 19 involved scientists suspected of having participated in the Thousand Talents Plan, and within that group, 14 were accused of violation of research integrity standards due to failure to disclose all affiliations to Chinese entities on grant documentation. None of the 14 were accused of transferring American intellectual property to China.Guo, Eileen; Aloe, Jess (December 23, 2021). "The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers". technologyreview.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022. Of the 28 prosecutions brought forth under the China Initiative, only eight have resulted in convictions or guilty pleas. Only four were professors of Chinese descent and none were convicted for espionage or theft. According to Mark Cohen, a law school fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, "The government is settling for charges that have little to do with technology."Magnier, Mark (December 15, 2021). "In federal ‘China Initiative’ case, Harvard might also be put on trial". scmp.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
