# Thousand Talents Plan on The No Agenda Show

Thousand Talents Plan comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from February 2020 to July 2020.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** February 2020 – July 2020
- **Related topics:** [Espionage](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/espionage.md), [Bill Barr](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bill-barr.md), [Charles Lieber](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/charles-lieber.md), [Confucius Institutes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/confucius-institutes.md), [Harvard](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/harvard.md), [Harvard University](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/harvard-university.md), [Nasa](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nasa.md), [Nih](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nih.md), [Rebranding](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rebranding.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Rebranding of Hanban and the Thousand Talents Plan

- **Episode:** [1261: Infodemic](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1261-infodemic.md)
- **Published:** 2020-07-19
- **Time:** 59:51–1:04:09
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1261-infodemic/chapter/rebranding-of-hanban-and-the-thousand-talents-plan.md

To stymie international criticism, the Hanban is rebranding as the "Ministry of Education Center for Language Exchange and Cooperation." Confucius Institutes are being spun off into a supposedly non-profit "Chinese International Education Foundation." Simultaneously, federal agencies are investigating dozens of researchers at NASA and the NIH for undisclosed participation in China's "Thousand Talents Plan."

Keywords: hanban, [thousand talents plan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/thousand-talents-plan.md), [rebranding](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rebranding.md), [nih](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nih.md), [nasa](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nasa.md)

### Chinese Espionage in US Universities and Confucius Institutes

- **Episode:** [1216: Rando](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1216-rando.md)
- **Published:** 2020-02-16
- **Time:** 54:13–57:18
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1216-rando/chapter/chinese-espionage-in-us-universities-and-confucius-institutes.md

Attorney General Bill Barr and Secretary Mike Pompeo have highlighted the "Thousand Talents Plan," a Chinese program used to recruit U.S. scientists for intellectual property theft. The Department of Justice has indicted professors at Harvard and other universities, while many schools are closing "Confucius Institutes" due to their role as CCP propaganda and monitoring hubs.

Keywords: [bill barr](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bill-barr.md), [confucius institutes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/confucius-institutes.md), [thousand talents plan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/thousand-talents-plan.md), [espionage](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/espionage.md), [harvard](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/harvard.md)

### Department of Justice Indicts Harvard Professor Charles Lieber

- **Episode:** [1213: Kung Flu](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1213-kung-flu.md)
- **Published:** 2020-02-06
- **Time:** 17:53–20:12
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1213-kung-flu/chapter/department-of-justice-indicts-harvard-professor-charles-lieber.md

The Department of Justice announces the arrest of Harvard Professor Charles Lieber for lying about his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan. Lieber allegedly received $50,000 per month from the Wuhan University of Technology to establish a research lab. Additional indictments involve a PLA lieutenant at Boston University and a cancer researcher attempting to smuggle biological vials to China.

Keywords: [charles lieber](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/charles-lieber.md), [harvard university](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/harvard-university.md), [thousand talents plan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/thousand-talents-plan.md), wuhan university of technology, [espionage](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/espionage.md)

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