Over 1,000 Chinese Military-Linked Researchers Have Left US Since Federal Crackdown

Wow! If confirmed, this indicates some deep espionage infiltration! What about other Western countries?

"... “Between those … arrests, between the dozens of interviews that the bureau [FBI] did with other individuals who were here in similar circumstances, and then, ultimately, the closure of the Houston consulate to disrupt both foreign influence activity and economic espionage activity, more than 1,000 PLA-affiliated Chinese researchers left the country,” Demers said during a virtual discussion at the Aspen Cyber Summit on Dec. 2. ...
From June to Sept. 8, the State Department revoked more than 1,000 visas of Chinese students with military links falling under the presidential proclamation, the department said in September."

"More than a thousand visiting researchers from China working at US universities have left the country since the summer, according to John Demers, chief of the Department of Justice’s national security division. This exodus comes as the Department of Justice has intensified its investigations of espionage by scientists at US institutions who are secretly affiliated with the Chinese government or military. ..."

Over 1,000 Chinese Military-Linked Researchers Have Left US Since Federal Crackdown: DOJ Official More than 1,000 Chinese military-linked researchers have left the United States since authorities arrested several suspected undercover Chinese military officers over the summer, according to a senior Justice Department official.

1000 Chinese researchers have left the US since spying probe intensified this summer (9/3/2020; behind paywall) Exodus of visiting researchers from China comes after arrest of at least five researchers on espionage charges