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A NASA researcher was charged with taking federal grant money while hiding work with the Chinese Communist Party, the Justice Department said on Monday. Zhengdong Cheng, who is also a professor at Texas A&M University, was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements. He was arrested Sunday, the Justice Department said in a statement. Cheng, 53, kept his link to Guangdong University of Technology quiet while accepting up to $750,000 in federal grants. He was hired by Texas A&M in May 2014, but beginning in 2012 he worked as director of the Soft Matter Institute of Guangdong University...
