Winnipeg scientists fired for providing confidential information to China

Two scientists at Canada’s high-security infectious disease laboratory – Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng – provided confidential scientific information to China and were fired because they were “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security” and engaged in clandestine meetings with Chinese officials, documents tabled in the House of Commons reveal.

“Dr. Qiu developed deep, cooperative relationships with a variety of People’s Republic of China institutions and has intentionally transferred scientific knowledge and materials to China to benefit the PRC, and herself, without regard for the implications to her employer or to Canada’s interest.”document said Dr. Qiu and her husband had an undisclosed bank account in China’s Commercial Bank and that she had conducted research connected to the People’s Liberation Army.

The Globe has reported that the couple and other scientists at the lab collaborated with Chinese military researchers to study and conduct experiments on deadly pathogens such as Ebola, Lassa fever and Rift Valley fever. The NDP said Wednesday that it is “appalled by the carelessness from this Liberal government on safeguarding highly classified information from the National Microbiology Laboratory - Canada’s supposedly highest security lab.”

Vanity Fair magazine reported last November that Dr. Qiu is listed as a “mentor” at the University of Science and Technology in the city of Hefei in eastern China. The magazine also reported that the scientist is listed as a co-inventor on two patent applications submitted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology on June 20 for Nipah virus antibodies.

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