SYDNEY/COPENHAGEN ¨C A Chinese professor at the University of Copenhagen conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection, the university said, in the latest example of how China¡¯s pursuit of military-civilian technology is tapping into Western academia in the strategically sensitive area of biotechnology.
The professor, Guojie Zhang, is also employed by Shenzhen-based genomics giant BGI Group, which funds dozens of researchers at the university and has its European headquarters on the university¡¯s campus.
Zhang and a student he was supervising worked with a People¡¯s Liberation Army (PLA) laboratory on research exposing monkeys to extreme altitude to study their brains and develop new drugs to prevent brain damage ¡ª a priority the PLA has identified for Chinese troops operating on high plateaus.
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