US universities should resist Red Scare on campuses

Recent cases of persecuting Chinese and Chinese American scientists for alleged China ties show that the Red Scare has been spreading fast in US institutions of higher education, places that should be totally free of the government's political interference.

In April, MD Anderson Cancer Center based in Texas fired three ethnic Chinese researchers for violating grant agency policies, such as confidentiality of peer review and disclosure of connections to foreign countries.

On May 16, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, dismissed two Chinese American biology professors for failing to "fully disclose" overseas sources of research funding and their professional ties to China.