{"id":1975842,"date":"2023-07-18T05:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-faces-congressional-investigation-over-china-ties\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T05:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:10:11","slug":"uc-berkeley-faces-congressional-investigation-over-china-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-faces-congressional-investigation-over-china-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Berkeley under Congressional scrutiny for China connections."},"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\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n\u2062 \u2063 <\/p>\n<h2>Congressional Committee Raises\u2063 Concerns \u200cOver UC \u2064Berkeley&#8217;s\u200b Partnership with Chinese \u2063University<\/h2>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>A \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-at-strategy-preparation-behind-inauguration-security\/\" title=\"A look at strategy, preparation behind inauguration security\">congressional committee<\/a>\u200d has \u200dformally\u200c requested the University \u200bof \u2062California, \u200cBerkeley (UC Berkeley) \u2062to provide\u2062 information \u2064regarding \u2063its\u200d partnership with\u200b a\u2062 Chinese state-controlled university, \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-faces-congressional-investigation-over-china-ties\/\" title=\"UC Berkeley under Congressional scrutiny for China connections.\">citing grave research security\u200b concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>In a\u200c letter\u2064 to\u2064 UC\u200d Berkeley\u2019s president\u200c and chancellor\u200d on\u200c July 13,\u2062 the House \u2064Select \u2064Committee \u2062on \u200bthe \u2064Chinese\u2062 Communist \u2064Party (CCP)\u2063 said the Tsinghua-Berkeley\u200b Shenzhen\u200d Institute (TBSI) gives Beijing \u200baccess \u2064to research \u2064that might \u2062be\u200d leveraged for\u200b China\u2019s military purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>TBSI was established in \u200d2014\u200b as\u200c a joint institute \u2063between \u2064UC Berkeley,\u2062 Tsinghua University \u200din China, and the\u200c Shenzhen \u2064government. \u2063Its\u2063 research efforts\u200b mainly focus\u200b on information technology and \u200ddata\u200c science.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The letter\u2014signed by\u200b Rep. \u2062Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), \u200cchairman\u200b of the Select Committee\u200b on the \u200cCCP, and Rep. \u200dVirginia \u2064Foxx (R-N.C.),\u200b chairwoman of the\u200d Education and \u200bthe Workforce Committee\u2014stated\u2062 that the CCP-backed\u2062 collaboration \u201craises\u2064 many red\u2064 flags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>According \u2064to\u2063 the letter,\u200d TSBI\u2019s \u2063research \u2062on \u201cdual-use technologies,\u201d\u2062 such \u2063as semiconductor \u2063chips and imaging technology, could contribute to China\u2019s intelligence\u200d and \u2062military\u200b goals.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>It\u200c also \u200cstated \u200dthat\u200b TBSI\u2063 students\u200d were \u200bemployed \u200dby\u200c entities linked\u200b with\u2063 the \u200dPeople\u2019s\u200d Liberation \u2063Army\u2014the military\u200c wing \u200cof the \u2062CCP\u2014including the China \u200cNational\u200b Space \u2062Administration.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the\u200b committee\u200d said that \u200dUC \u2062Berkeley\u200b faculty serving \u200cat the\u2064 institute\u2063 had received \u200bfunding\u2064 from the\u200d Defense\u200d Advanced\u2063 Research Projects Agency \u200bof the\u2062 U.S. \u2063Defense Department\u200b and \u2063the U.S.\u200d Navy, among other\u200b entities,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-investigates-uc-berkeleys-china-ties\/\" title=\"House probes UC Berkeley's connections to China.\">raising\u2062 concerns<\/a> about\u200b China\u2019s\u2062 access\u200c to those\u200c experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile\u200b TBSI \u200cis billed \u200das a \u200cjoint technology \u2064venture \u2063among\u2062 educational\u200d institutions, in\u200d practice, it\u2063 appears to \u2064be a\u200c program through \u2064which \u200dthe\u2063 PRC [People\u2019s \u200cRepublic of \u200cChina] \u2064pays \u2063for \u200caccess\u2064 to \u200dresearch\u2064 and expertise\u2064 from Berkeley \u200bexperts, researchers, \u200dand\u2062 students,\u201d\u200d the letter\u200d reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<figure \u200did=\"attachment_4089618\" \u2064style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption \u200dalignnone\">\n \u200c  \u200c <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/11\/06\/virginia-foxx-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u2063\u2062  \u200c<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c \u2062 <\/a><br \/>\n \u2062 <\/figure>\n<p> \u2063 \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dcommittee\u200b said\u200c that UC\u2064 Berkeley had \u2062failed\u2062 to \u2063disclose\u2064 the contracts\u200d or \u200bgifts\u200b received from\u2062 Chinese partners, \u2062notwithstanding\u200b a \u200breported \u200bagreement \u200dby\u2062 the\u2063 Shenzhen government\u2063 to \u200cprovide $220 million\u200b for the \u2064construction\u2064 of\u2062 a \u2063campus in \u2062Shenzhen.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u2063<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c the letter, \u2064the\u2064 committee\u200b requested\u2062 that \u200bthe university \u2063provide by\u2062 July\u200c 27 all \u2063documents\u2063 and information\u2064 regarding \u2064its\u200d funding, \u200ctechnical \u2063collaboration, compliance mechanisms,\u2064 non-disclosure agreements imposed\u2063 by\u2063 TBSI,\u2064 as \u2062well as\u200c past \u200cand\u200b current\u200d affiliations \u2063of \u200bTBSI \u2063alumni.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>They \u2063also\u200d questioned \u2064whether TSBI\u2019s \u200bwinning\u2063 contest \u200dto optimize 7-nanometer\u2064 chip technology \u2062in April\u200c violated \u2062the \u2062U.S. export controls\u2063 on \u2064advanced \u200bsemiconductor\u200d manufacturing\u2062 items to\u200c China, which \u200cwas \u2064imposed\u2064 in October\u200c 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC\u200b abuses\u2064 seemingly \u200binnocuous\u200c research \u200ccollaborations like\u200c the \u2062one between \u2062Berkeley \u200cand\u2062 Tsinghua \u2062to\u2063 advance\u200c PRC \u200bscience \u2062and technology \u2064goals\u2062 at \u200cthe\u200b expense\u200d of\u200b the \u2064United States,\u201d \u200bthe\u2063 committee\u2064 stated.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2064 PRC has sent\u200b thousands \u2063of military \u2064scientists abroad\u200c to \u200dgather \u2063scientific-military know-how, \u200dobtain\u2062 sensitive details\u200d regarding research\u200b projects and\u2063 emerging technologies, and \u200dto \u2063gain\u200c access \u2064to American academics,\u2064 their\u200d research, and their\u200d networks,\u201d \u2064they added.<\/p>\n<figure \u200did=\"attachment_5405343\" style=\"width:\u200b 640px\"\u2064 class=\"wp-caption\u200d alignnone\">\n \u2063\u2063 \u200d  <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18\/id5405343-GettyImages-1475995938-1200x720.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u2064<figcaption\u2063 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200b \u2064 \u200b \u2064 <\/a><br \/>\n\u2064 \u2062 <\/figure>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<h2>Failure \u200cto Disclose China\u200d Funds<\/h2>\n<p>\u2064  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062comes\u200c a \u200cmonth \u2062after the\u200d House \u2064Science,\u200b Space, and \u200cTechnology\u200d Committee sent\u200d a \u200dletter \u200bto \u200cthe \u200dNational Science Foundation\u2063 regarding UC Berkeley\u2019s failure to \u2063disclose $240 million in \u200dfunds \u200bfrom\u200b China.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The letter, \u2062signed by \u200bcommittee Chairman\u2064 Frank Lucas\u2062 (R-Okla.) and\u200d Research \u200dand Technology \u2062Subcommittee\u2062 Chairman Bill \u2063Foster (D-Ill.), expressed\u200b concerns \u200bover\u200c the \u2063potential\u200d influence \u200cof\u200c foreign funding \u2064on\u2062 U.S. research \u200band \u200ccalled \u2064for increased\u2062 transparency\u200c and \u2063accountability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A congressional committee has asked UC Berkeley to share details about its collaboration with a Chinese state-controlled university due to concerns over research security. 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