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by qiqing 3066 days ago
Actually, this isn't what the article is about at all, though I can see how you would go this direction from the title alone.

The article discusses academic labs as well as biotech companies openly hiring people from all over the world, and publishing their findings in journals. It talks about curing diseases, drug discovery, the lack of availability in China of some medications, and the career incentives for taking your biologist career to China. These are researchers publishing findings that everyone can read (modulo paywalls from some scientific publishers).

What this article is about: potentially taking a research job in China as a biologist (as a reader of Nature).

What this article is not about at all: shadowy military labs working on weapons.

Excerpt: "Just a decade ago, when China-born scientists with overseas experience began returning to the country, lured by their homeland’s fast growth and growing financial means, they found a drug industry dominated by generics. Undeterred, they got busy building the infrastructure for an industry capable of drug discovery and development, buoyed by substantial government support and a thriving economy."