US says Chinese fugitive researcher taken into its custody, was part of espionage network

Washington DC [ US A], July 25 (ANI): The Chinese fugitive researcher, who had been hiding in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco following visa fraud allegations is now in US custody, senior US government officials said on Friday, adding that Beijing is using its diplomatic missions to run an espionage network to steal intellectual property from American universities, research centres and businesses. Tang Juan, the scientist who said that she was focusing on biology, “was a fugitive from justice until last night,” a senior Justice Department official was Quote: d by CNN as saying. While Tang has been charged,…