As US-China relations soured, Zhu found it increasingly difficult to secure funding for AI research, much of which had previously flowed from the US military. He says he has never been questioned by federal agents, nor has he been stopped and questioned by US border officers about his research and connections to China, though his former PhD students have. After the China Initiative began, according to Nitzberg, some of Zhu's students became so accustomed to being held up at immigration that they would budget the extra hours at the airport when arranging travel to conferences...
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