Ex-Harvard professor found guilty of lying about China links

BOSTON, Massachusetts: Following a crackdown on Chinese influence on US academic research, former Harvard University professor Charles Lieber was sentenced to six months' house arrest for lying about his links to a Chinese-run recruitment program.

During the sentencing, announced by US District Judge Rya Zobel in Boston, Lieber, a renowned nanoscientist and former chairman of Harvard's chemistry department, was