Foxx, Gallagher Open Investigation into UC Berkeley's Joint Institute Linked to Chinese Military
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Issues: National Security Higher Education
"The PRC abuses seemingly innocuous research collaborations like the one between Berkeley and Tsinghua to advance PRC science and technology goals at the expense of the United States. Under the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) strategy of military-civil fusion, seemingly civilian technologies--such as those developed through university collaborations--are mobilized to support the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The PRC has sent thousands of military scientists abroad to gather scientific-military know-how, obtain sensitive details regarding research projects and emerging technologies, and to gain access to American, academics, their research, and their networks."
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