Chinese-born scholar retrial bid sparks outrage in US

Anming Hu enters the Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse in downtown Knoxville in this file photo from June 7, 2021. - AP

WASHINGTON (China Daily/ANN) Lawmakers and groups representing Asians in the United States have expressed outrage over a plan by federal prosecutors to retry a Chinese-born researcher under the so-called China Initiative.

The US Department of Justice, or DOJ, filed a notice of intent on Friday (July 30) to pursue a retrial of Anming Hu, a former associate engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, without stating the reason.