House probes UC Berkeley’s connections to China.
House Members Express Concerns Over UC Berkeley’s Partnership with Chinese Organizations
Members of the House have “grave concerns” about a partnership between the University of California, Berkeley, and Chinese organizations that could be aiding the communist government in military and economic development.
Concerns Raised by the House Select Committee
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
“Berkeley’s P.R.C.-backed collaboration with Tsinghua University raises many red flags,” the letter,
Berkeley told the New York Times that it takes national security ”very seriously.”
“The campus is reviewing past agreements and actions involving or connected to Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute” and would “fully and transparently cooperate with any federal inquiries,” the university said.
Funding and Collaboration Concerns
Funding the school received from Chinese entities also was called into question, the New York Times reported:
The committee also questioned whether Berkeley had properly disclosed Chinese funding for the institute, and cited its collaborations with Chinese universities and companies that have been the subjects of sanctions by the United States in recent years, like the National University of Defense Technology, the telecom firm Huawei and the Chinese drone maker DJI.
It also said that Berkeley faculty serving at the institute had received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other U.S. funding for the development of military applications, raising concerns about Chinese access to those experts.
Previous Concerns Raised by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
The letter comes after the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in May called out Berkeley’s failure to properly report more than $200 million in funding it received from China.
“In exchange for monetary contributions, UC Berkeley officials offered exclusive tours of cutting-edge semiconductor research facilities to Chinese delegations,” the committee chairman Frank Lucas (R., Okla.) wrote. “These delegations included Chinese researchers as well as multiple senior Chinese government officials.”
In 2021, reports showed that Berkeley took millions of dollars from China to run a big data research center and advise the regime. The collaboration
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