virus update; Chinese activist; PLA researchers arrested

India  new cases/active cases  10% increase average each day  of last 3 days   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india

South Africa  8.25/142= 6% increase each day average of last 4 days  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa

Mexico   7.7/94= 8.2% increase average each day last 3 days   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/mexico

Iran 2.6/22= 11.8% increase/day  https://www.worldometers.info/coronaasevirus/country/iran

USA 57/2201= 2.6% increase average each day last 4 days  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
Russia 5.4/183= 3% increase/day  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/russia 
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  8-3-20     

  Yu Xinyong was sentenced to four-and-a-half years' imprisonment by the Lixia District People's Court in the provincial capital Jinan, which found him guilty of "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble," a charge often used to prosecute peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

The court found that Yu had gathered others to caused public disturbances in Jinan, Zibo, and other places in Shandong, disturbed public order and participated in "so-called rights defending" over a prolonged period.

A source close to Yu who asked to remain anonymous said he had helped some of the most vulnerable people in the province lodge petitions and complaints with government departments.

  "Some of the victims [in these cases] had no way to resolve their complaints through normal channels," the source said. "So Yu went to government departments with them to try to stand up for social justice."  https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-08032020092317.html
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7-31-20  Tasked with obtaining non-public information about politics, economics, and diplomacy, 39-year-old Singaporean academic and doctoral degree candidate

Jun Wei Yeo admitted to establishing a fake consultancy and using social networking site LinkedIn to cultivate ties with US military and government employees holding high-level security clearances.  https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/the-face-of-chinese-spying-in-singapore/
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  the necessary separation between opioid manufacturers and those that create prescription practice guidelines are not currently being observed in many low- and middle-income countries....documents that are crucial to the advancement of clinical practice and patient safety are not being developed independently from the companies that profit from the sales of these medications in regions such as Latin America and South Africa; and where there are still no guidelines, the key opinion leaders are sponsored by these companies, such as in India.   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101494/
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Guo Zheng charged with defrauding OSU of $4 million.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/criminal-charges-for-undeclared-chinese-research-ties-mount-in-the-us/4012144.article
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/another-us-researcher-charged-with-lying-about-chinese-ties/4011437.article
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  Authorities alleged 

Ang, an electrical engineering professor and researcher at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (UA) since 1988, defrauded NASA and the university "by failing to disclose that he held other positions at a Chinese university and Chinese companies" in violation of conflict of interest policies, according to an FBI special agent's affidavit in support of the complaint.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/us/nasa-researcher-arrest-china/index.html
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The researcher,

Juan Tang, is charged with visa fraud, accused of concealing her membership in China’s military and Communist Party in seeking permission to work in a radiation oncology lab at UC Davis.  She fled to the consulate after being interviewed by FBI agents in late June, prosecutors said.  

Tang is “a fugitive from justice currently being harbored at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco,” a Justice Department spokeswoman said Thursday....[The Chinese researcher who fled her post as a visiting researcher at UC Davis after being questioned by the FBI has emerged from the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and is in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail, online jail records show.] 
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-23/uc-davis-researcher-accused-of-hiding-ties-to-chinese-military-is-hiding-in-consulate-u-s-says
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  Chen Song described herself in her visa application as a neurologist who was coming to the US to conduct research at Stanford University related to brain diseaseThe affidavit alleges that she was a member of the PLA when she entered and while she was in the US and the hospital she listed on her visa as her employer was a cover for her true employer, the PLA.  The affidavit identifies four research articles that she co-authored, which described her as affiliated with institutions subordinate to the PLA Air Force.  Specifically, the articles list Chen as affiliated with the Air Force General Hospital in Beijing and the Fourth Military Medical University.

  According to a complaint filed in the Southern District of Indiana on July 17, Kaikai Zhao, a graduate student studying machine learning and artificial intelligence at Indiana University, applied for an F1 non-immigrant visa in June 2018. In the visa application, Kaikai mentioned never serving in the military.  According to the complaint, Kaikai served in the National University of Defense Technology, the PLA's premier institution for scientific research and education, which is directly subordinate to the PRC''s Central Military Commission.  Kaikai also attended the Aviation University of Air Force (AUAF), which is a Chinese military academy analogous to the US Air Force Academy. AUAF students are active military service members who receive military training. In addition, the FBI located an online photograph of Kaikai wearing a PLAAF uniform.   https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/fbi-finds-chinese-students-researchers-with-army-links-search-25-cities-2268592

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Washington:    FBI has recently conducted interviews of visa holders suspected of having undeclared affiliation with the Chinese military in more than 25 US cities.  These members of China's People Liberation Army (PLA) applied for research visas while hiding their true affiliation with the PLA," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C Demers.  https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/americas/us-charges-4-chinese-nationals-for-visa-fraud-report