'Lack of Legal Guardrails': Hundreds of Millions of US Research Dollars are Helping China's Military, House Report Finds
Taxpayer-funded grants to state-tied Chinese academic provide 'back-door access' to CCP
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops during military parade (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Adam Kredo
October 9, 2024
The American government is pumping hundreds of millions of federal research dollars into research projects that are spurring Chinese advancement in cutting-edge military technologies, including "hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, fourth generation nuclear weapons technology, and semiconductor technology," a new congressional report has found.
"Due to a lack of legal guardrails around federally funded research, hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade have contributed to the PRC’s strategic goals by helping the PRC achieve advancements in dual use, critical, and emerging technologies," the House Select Committee on China wrote in a report published late last month.
The findings, compiled as part of a year-and-half-long investigation, show how major American universities are using federal funds to partner with Chinese institutions on a range of research projects that feed the communist nation's military. The bulk of this work is fueled by taxpayer grants from the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence community, providing "back-door access to the very foreign adversary nation whose aggression these capabilities are necessary to protect against," according to the committee.
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