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The UK government announced the formation of a new unit that will offer confidential security advice to researchers before entering international collaborations, in a drive to protect research assets from “hostile actors” in China and other countries.
The Research Collaboration Advice Team will give advice on topics such as export controls, cyber security and protection of intellectual property.
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The University of Manchester has ended a project with a firm accused of having links to the persecution of Uighur Muslims (Getty Images)
The University of Manchester has terminated a research project with a state-owned Chinese company with alleged links to human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims.
It comes after a parliamentary committee accused China Electronics Technology Group (CETC) of providing technology and infrastructure used in the persecution of the ethnic minority group.
Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, had written to the university over its Department of Physics and Astronomy s research partnership with the company.
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