/tags/china China en-US WLRN Mon, 27 May 2024 13:54:56 GMT /education/2024-05-27/uf-bans-student-from-campus-for-3-years-over-illegal-plot-to-ship-drugs-toxins-to-china The University of Florida on Saturday banned a student from its property for three years who the Justice Department accused of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme to divert biomedical samples of dangerous drugs and toxins from a campus laboratory to China. Mon, 27 May 2024 13:54:56 GMT /education/2024-05-27/uf-bans-student-from-campus-for-3-years-over-illegal-plot-to-ship-drugs-toxins-to-china Matthew Cupelli | WUFT /education/2024-05-24/uf-employee-students-implicated-in-illegal-plot-to-ship-drugs-toxins-to-china Among the students tied to the scheme was the president of UF’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association. The group openly protested a Florida law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year that limits universities from recruiting students and faculty from China — and bans employing such students from working in academic labs without special permission. Fri, 24 May 2024 19:12:06 GMT /education/2024-05-24/uf-employee-students-implicated-in-illegal-plot-to-ship-drugs-toxins-to-china Matthew Cupelli | Fresh Take Florida /government-politics/2024-05-07/lawsuit-claims-desantiss-property-ownership-restrictions-violates-fair-housing-act The suit filed May 6 claims Gov. Ron DeSantis' measure, which prevents people from a "foreign country of concern" from owning property, is xenophobic. Tue, 07 May 2024 20:33:32 GMT /government-politics/2024-05-07/lawsuit-claims-desantiss-property-ownership-restrictions-violates-fair-housing-act Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /education/2024-03-26/academics-challenge-florida-law-restricting-research-exchanges-from-prohibited-countries-like-china Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, are suing Florida education officials. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:24:28 GMT /education/2024-03-26/academics-challenge-florida-law-restricting-research-exchanges-from-prohibited-countries-like-china Associated Press /government-politics/2024-03-14/florida-china-investments-desantis Florida pension-fund managers are ready to begin the process of dropping investments in China-owned companies, anticipating that Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign a bill directing divestment. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:16:32 GMT /government-politics/2024-03-14/florida-china-investments-desantis Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /government-politics/2024-03-01/florida-china-university-desantis-fiu-ban-cuba A 2023 law that heavily regulates how Florida’s public universities interact with “countries of concern" like China and Cuba has led to FIU closing its largest international campus and blocked the hiring of foreign talent. “It really pushes us further away from FIU’s historic mission," one professor said. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-03-01/florida-china-university-desantis-fiu-ban-cuba Daniel Rivero /government-politics/2024-01-05/super-pac-nikki-haley-desantis-china The SFA Fund said DeSantis "called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’" PolitiFact found no evidence in news reports or statements that he said this about Florida’s biggest trading partner for imported goods. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-05/super-pac-nikki-haley-desantis-china Louis Jacobson | PolitiFact, Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /government-politics/2023-11-22/politifact-florida-nikki-haley-ron-desantis-chinese-recruitment PolitiFact did not find any government reports or news stories that show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recruited Chinese companies to the state in the last six months, despite claims made by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:01:01 GMT /government-politics/2023-11-22/politifact-florida-nikki-haley-ron-desantis-chinese-recruitment Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /government-politics/2023-11-15/ramaswamy-republican-primary-debate-desantis-anti-china-land-law Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim about Florida’s anti-Chinese land law is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. PolitiFact Florida rates it Half True. Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:40:19 GMT /government-politics/2023-11-15/ramaswamy-republican-primary-debate-desantis-anti-china-land-law Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /government-politics/2023-10-06/an-appeals-court-is-urged-to-block-floridas-chinese-property-law The new law restricts certain people from "countries of concern" from owning property in Florida. A court brief says the law is unconstitutional and violates the federal Fair Housing Act. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-10-06/an-appeals-court-is-urged-to-block-floridas-chinese-property-law The News Service of Florida