Report: Pentagon funds projects with Chinese

WASHINGTON — Over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon funded hundreds of projects done in collaboration with universities in China and institutes linked to China’s defense industry, including many blacklisted by the U.S. government for working with the Chinese military, a congressional investigation found.

The report, released Friday by House Republicans on the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, argues the projects allowed China to exploit U.S. research partnerships for military gains while the two countries are locked in a tech and arms rivalry.

The report said some Defense Department officials argued research should remain open as long as it is “neither controlled nor classified.” The report backs a bill that would prohibit

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