The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Committee on Education and Workforce released a report on Sept. 11 on joint institute partnerships between U.S. universities and Chinese entities—often ones with open ties to the CCP and Chinese military.
The report builds on the committees’ ongoing review of how American research is being used by the CCP, including taxpayer-funded projects that received Pentagon and other government grants.
The committees found more than 100 academic partnerships they deemed a national security risk, including 50 such examples in the report.
Reports like this highlight a national security risk, the lawmakers say, as the partnerships provide a channel with which the CCP obtains major advancements in nuclear technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other science and technology fields that have military applications….
Lawmakers Flag 100-Plus Cases of US Universities Funding CCP Research
