UK Lawmaker Seeks Disclosure of Medical Research Ties With China Amid Organ Harvesting Concerns

A UK lawmaker wants the government to disclose if any government-funded universities in Britain are collaborating with Chinese peers on organ transplant research, in the latest efforts to combat Beijing’s forced organ harvesting. The formal request from Lord David Alton of Liverpool, tabled on May 9, came less than a week after a group of U.S. lawmakers urged the Biden administration to seek firsthand evidence to help hold those responsible for Beijing’s forced organ harvesting accountable. Citing that letter on social media platform X, Mr. Alton said he had requested details of medical research conducted by British universities that received funds from the government in collaboration with their Chinese counterparts. Specifically, he wanted to know whether any of the research related to organ transplants....