Chinese Doctor Charged With Theft After Allegedly Attempting To Steal U.S. Cancer Research

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This is a common theme that happens way too often.

A Chinese doctor was caught at an airport attempting to steal confidential cancer research, allegedly.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents inspected the Chinese doctor who worked at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

After a search, they discovered the doctor had sensitive cancer research.

Fox News reported more on Li’s alleged crime and why the damage is already done:

A Chinese doctor was busted in Texas for allegedly trying to smuggle cancer-related research back to China.

Yunhai Li – a 35-year-old employed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center since 2022 – was confronted at an airport by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 9, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

The office said the authorities working in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations “found evidence Li was attempting to take sensitive medical information abroad during an inspection of his belongings.”

“We were able to detain him as he was trying to get on a flight to China,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told Fox26 Houston. “That intellectual property stays with us, so we can save lives.”

Li was charged with theft of trade secrets and tampering with a government record. The theft charge carries a penalty of two to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

The Attorney’s Office said Li was staying in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant research scholar exchange visa provided by the State Department. The research he was working on was funded through the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, it added.

Court documents viewed by Fox26Houston said Li uploaded sensitive data to his personal Google Drive account while working for MD Anderson, and when the institution found out about it and confronted him, he deleted the files.

However, the documents added that Li also uploaded the data to a file-hosting service based on a Chinese server.

NEW – Chinese University of Texas research student, Yunhai Li, charged for espionage, theft of trade secrets. pic.twitter.com/hGnOXlEmkh

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 26, 2025

A Chinese national and former research student at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Yunhai Li

, faces charges of espionage and theft of trade secrets.

Li allegedly downloaded ~90 gigabytes of sensitive research data, funded by the National… pic.twitter.com/01eIH6YBZp

— Vanguard Intel Group

(@vanguardintel) August 26, 2025
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This isn’t the first time a Chinese National has attempted to steal U.S. research.

In July, the Associated Press reported another Chinese National was arrested for stealing research:

A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into several U.S. universities’ computer systems to steal COVID-19-related research, authorities announced on Tuesday.

Xu Zewei is charged in a nine-count indictment in the Southern District of Texas for his alleged involvement in computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021. Another Chinese national, Zhang Yu, was also charged in the indictment.

Xu was arrested on Thursday in Italy and is awaiting extradition to the U.S. Authorities said Zhang remains at large.

Xu and others are accused of targeting and hacking several U.S.-based universities, immunologists, and virologists conducting research into COVID‑19 vaccines, treatment and testing, according to court documents.

“The hacking of these American universities is not just a violation of intellectual property rights. It’s an attack on American scientific innovation,” Nicholas J. Ganjei, the Houston-based U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, said at a news conference.

President Trump may want to rethink giving Chinese students 600,000 student visas:

NEW: Trump says U.S. will now allow 600,000 Chinese students.

In 2022 there were 290k Chinese students.

In 2023 there were 277k Chinese students.

HOW DOES DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF CHINESE STUDENTS PUT AMERICA FIRST? pic.twitter.com/aLEgy82G6R

— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) August 26, 2025

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