Washington, July 10 (IANS) Two senior Republican lawmakers have urged the US Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether China was linked to the vandalism of a Tiananmen Square memorial museum in California.Representatives Chris Smith of New Jersey and John Moolenaar of Michigan made the request in a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Smith co-chairs the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, while Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on China.Unknown individuals …
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Washington, June 27 (IANS) State governments across the United States have emerged as the new frontline in Washington’s strategic competition with China, with lawmakers and security experts warning that Beijing is increasingly targeting local institutions, universities, critical infrastructure and state legislatures.The issue took centre stage during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, where witnesses argued that Chinese influence operations had expanded well …
Washington, June 27 (IANS) A bipartisan Congressional panel has warned that China is expanding its economic espionage and political influence operations far beyond Washington, targeting state governments, universities, businesses and local communities across the United States through an increasingly sophisticated campaign to advance Beijing’s strategic interests.At a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, lawmakers from both parties agreed that China poses a growin…
Washington, June 26 (IANS) Two bipartisan U.S. lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation aimed at closing what they described as a major loophole in export controls that could allow China and other U.S. adversaries to access advanced American artificial intelligence computing power through cloud service providers. Congressman Josh Gottheimer and Congressman John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on China, unveiled the Cloud Security Act, arguing that existing U.S. export control…
Washington, June 10 (IANS) A bipartisan pair of influential US lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at rebuilding America’s permanent magnet supply chain and reducing what they describe as a dangerous dependence on China for a technology critical to economic competitiveness and national security.The legislation, known as the Magnets Value Chain Support Act of 2026, was introduced Tuesday by House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan, and Rankin…
Washington, June 9 (IANS) A group of senior House lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at preventing Chinese entities identified as national security threats from obtaining US patents, arguing that Beijing has used America’s intellectual property system to advance its economic and technological ambitions.The proposed legislation, called the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act, was introduced by House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald and Congre…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation that could ban Chinese-made robots from the American market, the latest move in Washington’s widening effort to restrict Chinese technologies viewed as potential national security threats. The proposed Guarding the US Against Adversarial Robotics Dominance (GUARD) Act would require federal agencies to review humanoid and quadruped robots manufactured in China and other US-designated foreign adversaries. Robots de…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Bipartisan lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would subject American investments and technology transfers in China’s biotechnology sector to national security scrutiny, reflecting growing concerns in Washington over Beijing’s expanding role in global pharmaceutical research and manufacturing. The proposed Biotech Investment National Security Act (BINSA) would add biotechnology to sectors covered under the Comprehensive Outbound…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that China’s dominance of global critical mineral supply chains poses a growing threat to economic and national security, saying the United States is expanding partnerships worldwide to reduce dependence on Beijing for resources vital to advanced technologies, defence systems and industrial production.Speaking before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs, Rubio said t…
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Two American banks helped Chinese battery giant raise billions of dollars months after the US government designated it a “Chinese military company”, according to a new congressional investigation that accused major Wall Street banks of putting profits ahead of national security concerns.The report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said the two American banks (JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America) underwrote Contemporary Amperex Technology C…