Taiwanese Chen Kun-shan, a leading expert on remote sensing technology, has secretly defected to China, the Ministry of Education confirmed Friday. The ministry is expected to hold a meeting soon to approve a decision by National Central University (NCU) to dismiss Chen from his position as a professor, according to Wang Tso-tai, chief secretary of the ministry. Chen, who has headed the NCU’s Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research since 2001, was suspended by the university in November 2013, two months after he went absent without leave. Read More