{"id":1326020,"date":"2022-02-22T08:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326020"},"modified":"2022-02-22T08:52:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:52:34","slug":"rep-vicky-hartzler-introduces-bill-to-ban-top-ccp-officials-family-members-from-studying-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-vicky-hartzler-introduces-bill-to-ban-top-ccp-officials-family-members-from-studying-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Vicky Hartzler Introduces Bill to Ban Top CCP Officials\u2019 Family Members From Studying in the U.S."},"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\">34<\/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%2Frep-vicky-hartzler-introduces-bill-to-ban-top-ccp-officials-family-members-from-studying-in-the-u-s%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=1326020&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--><p>Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) introduced a bill on Feb. 16 that would bar high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and their family members from studying in the U.S. colleges, a move she said woulld combat the regime\u2019s efforts to \u201cundermine\u201d the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to realize that China has a plan for world domination,\u201d Hartzler said in a recent interview on NTD\u2019s \u201cCapitol Report\u201d program. \u201cIt sounds like some Hollywood movie; that\u2019s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be aiding and abetting those who want to do us harm. It\u2019s just wrong,\u201d the congresswoman added.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hartzler.house.gov\/sites\/hartzler.house.gov\/files\/HARTZL_055_xml.pdf\">bill<\/a>, named the \u201cProtecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act,\u201d would halt issuing students or research visas to senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp-officials\">CCP officials<\/a> and their family members, including their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 317,000 students from China enrolled in the U.S. higher education institutions in the 2020-2021 school year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/data\/international-students\/enrollment-trends\/\">data<\/a> compiled by the Institute of International Education and the U.S. State Department. The number accounted for 35 percent of international students.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hartzler, some of those students may have family members serving in the Party\u2019s high-ranking decision-making body the National Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly, she noted the daughter of CCP leader Xi Jinping reenrolled for graduate studies in the United States in 2019. Xi\u2019s daughter, Xi Mingze, obtained her undergraduate degree at Harvard University in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Hartzler also raised the risk of Chinese academic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-espionage\">espionage<\/a> and intellectual property theft on U.S. campuses, especially the threat to those conducting research for America\u2019s national defense.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2019 document, the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/file-repository\/china-risk-to-academia-2019.pdf\">warned<\/a> that the Chinese authorities use some of its students and professors in the United States \u201cto operate as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Chinese scholars may serve as collectors\u2014wittingly or unwittingly\u2014of economic, scientific, and technological intelligence from U.S. institutions to ultimately benefit Chinese academic institutions and businesses,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>To defend the United States against the CCP\u2019s espionage, the Trump administration blocked visas for certain post-graduate Chinese students or researchers who have ties with institutions that aid the Chinese military.<\/p>\n<p>Last April, the Biden administration said it would relax the visa restrictions. But a July report by state media China Daily said approximately 500 Chinese STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) students\u2019 visa applications were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/more-than-500-chinese-stem-students-denied-visa-to-the-us_3890384.html\">rejected<\/a> over security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Hartzler\u2019s push came as Beijing staged the Olympic Games amid rising scrutiny of its human rights violations in Xinjiang and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>According to researchers, more than one million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in Xinjiang, where they have been subjected to forced sterilization, torture, political indoctrination, and forced labor. The United States has designated the regime\u2019s actions a genocide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the CCP commits genocide and other atrocities, they continue to send their children to the United States to receive a world-class education. This must be stopped,\u201d Hartzler said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/hartzler.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/hartzler-introduces-legislation-ban-communist-china-officials-and\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-dorothy-li\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/default-user.png\" alt=\"Dorothy Li\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dorothy Li is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in Europe.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-steve-lance\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WEB_SteveLance.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Lance\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steve Lance is the host of Capitol Report, a political news show based in Washington D.C. aimed at providing a direct channel to the voices and people who shape policy in America. Capitol Report features all of the political news of the day with expert interviews and analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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