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Updated: Sep 07, 2025 14:39 IST
Washington DC [US], September 7 (ANI): The House Select Committee on China issued an investigative report stating that beneath the Biden administration, the Defence Department, together with long-time profession officers, has permitted important research collaborations with defence entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party whereas utilising funds from US taxpayers, as outlined in a launch from the Select Committee on the CCP (SCCCP).
The report recognized over 1,400 research publications related to DOD-funded initiatives involving Chinese collaborators, totalling greater than USD 2.5 billion in taxpayer funding. Around 800 of those publications, which is greater than half, represented direct cooperation with Chinese navy entities.
Several case research highlighted in the report point out critical nationwide safety threats. For occasion, a DOD-funded nuclear professional at Carnegie Science primarily carried out research for the Pentagon whereas concurrently holding twin positions on the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, as talked about in the discharge.
In one other occasion, the Office of Naval Research, the Army Research Office, and NASA supported a partnership amongst researchers from Arizona State University, the University of Texas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Beihang University, specializing in high-stakes decision-making in unsure environments, which has related implications for cyber warfare and defence. It is necessary to notice that Beihang University is a part of the Seven Sons of National Defence, a college recognised for its shut defence connections with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), in response to the SCCCP launch.
In a 3rd case, a 2024 publication regarding nanoscale optical gadgets, financed by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), was co-authored with researchers from the City University of New York, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University of Technology, and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
Both Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Sun Yat-sen University are collectively administered by China‘s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), an organisation liable for conducting research for the PLA.
CALT serves as China‘s principal base for the event and manufacturing of missile weapons and launch automobiles, overseeing the creation of each hypersonic missiles and reusable launch automobiles.
“This report follows the September 2024 investigation by Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and former House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), which uncovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade have contributed to China‘s technological advancements and military modernisation,” as quoted by the SCCCP launch.
Several regarding gaps in coverage have been recognized, together with the truth that DOD R&E has not successfully revised its threat evaluation framework or enforcement measures. For occasion, DOD has included solely a minor portion of China‘s recognised expertise acquisition programmes and defence-designated research services into the 1286 List, regardless of quite a few analyses from each governmental and personal sectors figuring out many extra entities.
Currently, DOD R&E permits research collaborations in elementary research with organisations that DOD has categorized as nationwide safety threats beneath the DOD 1260H List, which renders the listing basically ineffective and weakens its personal research safety framework, as identified in the SCCCP launch.
The new report from the Select Committee strongly emphasises that there isn’t a rationale for US taxpayer-funded research to be carried out with entities identified to have been concerned in human rights violations or to assist China‘s in depth surveillance system. (ANI)