{"id":1224895,"date":"2022-01-19T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1224895"},"modified":"2022-01-19T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T20:08:16","slug":"exclusive-rep-murphy-demands-doj-shut-down-chinese-spying-in-colleges-and-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-murphy-demands-doj-shut-down-chinese-spying-in-colleges-and-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Murphy Demands DOJ Shut Down Chinese Spying In Colleges And Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-murphy-demands-doj-shut-down-chinese-spying-in-colleges-and-universities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1224895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Gregory Murphy is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to continue a program that targets Chinese spying efforts against American colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>The program, called the China Initiative, works to identify Chinese funding sources and prevent intellectual property theft and other forms of espionage. Since the initiative\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/nsd\/information-about-department-justice-s-china-initiative-and-compilation-china-related\">inception<\/a> in 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged dozens of individuals who have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/21\/harvard-university-china-department-of-justice-charles-lieber\/\">lied<\/a> about funding sources, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/28\/university-virginia-haizhou-hu-china-arrested-university-california-los-angeles-guan-lei\/\">stolen<\/a> trade secrets and intellectual property. However, opponents of the program <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/stanford-professors-ask-doj-to-stop-program-looking-for-chinese-spies-over-racial-profiling-concerns\/\">claim<\/a> that it constitutes \u201cracial profiling\u201d and \u201cdisproportionately targets researchers of Chinese origin.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/03\/list-professors-researchers-us-universities-arrested-china-ties\/\">(RELATED: More Than A Dozen Researchers And Professors At US Universities Have Been Arrested For Ties To The Chinese Government)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CCP has a long history of using American universities in order to conduct espionage campaigns,\u201d Murphy wrote Wednesday in a letter to Garland, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller. \u201cThese efforts by the CCP must be fully investigated and any U.S. academics who engage in these efforts must be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?515521-1\/attorney-general-garland-testifies-senate-judiciary-committee-oversight-hearing\">revealed<\/a> during October testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Matt Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General heading up the DOJ\u2019s national security division, would review every program under his supervision. The China Initiative is included in that description.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs China continues to use its soft power to infiltrate our institutions, the Department of Justice must use all available resources to continue its China Initiative to root out any potential Chinese espionage,\u201d Murphy told the Daily Caller. \u201cThe Biden Administration must recognize that the CCP is the greatest threat we face on the world stage and take swift and immediate action to safeguard our education system from China\u2019s malign influence. Terminating the China Initiative would undoubtedly threaten our national security and will allow China to continue its practice of espionage in our colleges and universities. I look forward to hearing back from Attorney General as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans have introduced legislation designed to crack down on Chinese influence operations. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/22\/cotton-secure-campus-china-spying\/\">introduced<\/a> a bill in April 2021 that would increase reporting requirements for universities, as well as prevent Chinese nationals from receiving visas that would allow them to participate in graduate or post-graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies at American universities. Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/barr.house.gov\/2021\/9\/rep-barr-introduces-sanctions-bill-targeting-ccp-military-or-surveillance-companies\">proposed<\/a> new sanctions in September against companies that work to implement Chinese state surveillance programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the letter here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Rep. Murphy (NC-03) Letter to Attorney General Garland on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/553832790\/Rep-Murphy-NC-03-Letter-to-Attorney-General-Garland#from_embed\">Rep. Murphy (NC-03) Letter \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Michael Ginsberg&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/548087574\/Michael-Ginsberg#from_embed\">Michael Ginsberg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. 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