By Shubham Kalia

Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar, the chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan select committee focused on China, on Thursday raised concerns about mining group Ivanhoe Atlantic’s ‍alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

“I am writing to bring to your attention information about companies in concerning ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that the State Department has supported. One such company is Ivanhoe Atlantic (Ivanhoe), a company with well-documented ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises,” Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican, wrote in a ‌letter addressed to State Department Secretary Marco Rubio.

Ivanhoe Atlantic’s major ‌shareholder is I-Pulse Inc., a US company founded and chaired by Robert Friedland, according to the compa

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