Washington, May 8 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers moved to tighten restrictions on Chinese and other foreign adversary purchases of American farmland and property near sensitive military and infrastructure sites, reflecting growing concerns in Washington over national security and food security.The push came as Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar introduced the “Protecting US Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act”, while another bipartisan group an…
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Washington, April 30 (IANS) Two key US House committees announced that they have launched an investigation into national security risks linked to American companies using Chinese-developed artificial intelligence models, citing concerns over data exposure, censorship and supply chain vulnerabilities. The probe, announced by House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino on Wednesday (local time), focuses on companies includ…
Washington, April 17 (IANS) China is using both legal purchases and illicit networks to acquire advanced American artificial intelligence chips, posing a growing national security threat, U.S. lawmakers and experts warned during a congressional hearing. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the Select Committee, during a Congressional hearing said “China’s smuggling of advanced AI chips is a pervasive threat,” pointing to multiple cases disrupted over the past year. He cited a recent Justice Departm…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Multinational pharmaceutical giants — with R&D investments and human trials running in China’s Xinjiang region and at Chinese military hospitals — are escaping US regulation that prohibits drug development or clinical testing, according to an article in The Wire, a New York-headquartered global digital magazine.Data put together by The Wire China and WireScreen from ClinicalTrials.gov, a medical trial database maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, …
Washington, April 5 (IANS) A senior US lawmaker has criticised China’s record on religious freedom ahead of Easter, accusing the Chinese Communist Party of persecuting Christians and calling for greater freedoms in the country.Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China said the faith of imprisoned Christians in China would continue to inspire others despite state repression.“When he was imprisoned for his faith in Jesus, Paul wrote to the Philippians, ‘It has become clear thr…
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Senior US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to close “critical gaps” in export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to prevent China from gaining access to advanced chipmaking tools that could boost its military and artificial intelligence capabilities.In a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chai…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) US lawmakers recently released an investigation, accusing China of being the “world’s largest perpetrator” of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a report has highlighted. Chairman John Moolenaar of the US Select Committee on China and Chairman Carlos Gimenez of the US House Homeland Security Committee’s Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee released an investigation which details how China commands the world’s largest Distant-Water Fishing…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) The US House of Representatives passed a funding bill that tightens export controls, boosts trade enforcement, restricts federal technology purchases, and curbs cooperation with China.The legislation increases funding for export control enforcement, sets aside money to pursue China-related trade cases, blocks certain federal IT purchases without security reviews, and limits US-China cooperation in science and space.It also adds new reporting requirements on official trav…