Select Committee on China

A decade after Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat disappeared into the CCP’s detention system, his parents were finally allowed a 10-minute prison visit through glass. They barely recognized their son. The Financial Times reports that while China claims the camps are closed, Xinjiang now has the world’s highest prison detention capacity relative to population, with forced labor, surveillance, family separation, and cultural erasure continuing under a new phase of repression. The CCP’s campaign against the Uyghur people did not end. It evolved. The Select Committee on China will continue exposing these atrocities and fighting to ensure American companies are not complicit in forced labor and genocide. https://lnkd.in/eyU445qT

Chinese-made cars aren’t just cheap; they’re rolling data collection devices. They map where you go, who you see, and what’s around our critical infrastructure, and hand that data to a foremost adversary. Congress must act to keep CCP-connected vehicles off American roads. More about the bipartisan, Chairman Moolenaar and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell led, "Connected Vehicle Security Act" here: https://lnkd.in/gAJuXScq

China's espionage and influence apparatus does not stop at America’s borders. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a longtime China-based commentator allegedly worked on behalf of the Chinese government to cultivate influence inside the United States, including seeking access to individuals connected to the U.S. government and producing reports allegedly intended for Xi Jinping. China uses propaganda, elite capture, and covert influence operations to undermine American institutions from within. The threat is real, and the Select Committee on China will continue exposing it. https://lnkd.in/eaKMpNVF

As U.S. pharmaceutical companies increasingly pursue biotech licensing deals and joint ventures tied to China, serious concerns are growing about whether American capital is helping build the CCP’s next strategic advantage. Chairman Moolenaar has been leading the effort to close these gaps through the COINS Act and is urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury to expand outbound investment restrictions to biotechnology. The United States must protect its technological leadership before strategic dependence becomes irreversible. https://lnkd.in/eD6k_Mnn

For too long, China has used its dominance over critical minerals processing to pressure industries, manipulate markets, and threaten global supply chains. Today’s U.S. Department of State Quad partners announcement is a major step toward building resilient, diversified supply chains with trusted partners, not strategic adversaries. The U.S., Japan, Australia, and India are mobilizing up to $20 BILLION to secure supply chains for the minerals powering advanced technology, defense systems, batteries, and AI. The era of relying on China for critical minerals must come to an end. https://lnkd.in/edPWDqkw

AVIC builds military aircraft for the Chinese Communist Party, supplies Iran-linked entities, and has been repeatedly flagged by the Select Committee on China as a national security threat. Yet through its ownership of Cirrus and other U.S. aviation assets, Aviation Industry Corporation of China still operates freely inside America’s aerospace sector. Congressman Pat Harrigan is speaking out against the CCP’s strategy of using “civilian” acquisitions to gain access to sensitive U.S. technology and manufacturing capabilities. While China weaponizes Military-Civil Fusion, Washington can’t afford to stay asleep at the controls. The Select Committee has already exposed billions in U.S. investment flowing into Chinese companies tied to America’s adversaries. It’s time to shut down these dangerous loopholes. https://lnkd.in/enfV8N54

Wall Street chose profits over national security. A new Select Committee on China investigation found Bank of America proceeded with CATL's IPO in Hong Kong after the U.S. government formally designated the company as tied to China’s military. Bank of America relied on unnamed third-party sources and CATL’s own denials to dismiss the U.S. government’s findings, even as publicly available evidence connected CATL to Chinese-linked entities, Chinese defense contractors, military-civil fusion programs, and forced labor supply chains in Xinjiang. This investigative report exposes a dangerous gap in America’s financial system: U.S. banks can still funnel billions into companies helping fuel the CCP’s military buildup and human rights abuses. More on the report here: https://lnkd.in/eV-E4-RQ

Chairman Moolenaar has sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging him to add biotechnology as a prohibited technology under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act of 2025. The request comes in response to a dangerous surge of American capital and knowledge into China’s biotechnology sector, including Bristol Myers Squibb’s recently announced $15 billion deal with China’s Hengrui Pharma that also transfers intellectual property to China. More here: https://lnkd.in/ebmgNf82

BREAKING | A new Select Committee on China investigative report is out today and the findings are troubling. Our investigation and subsequent report found that JPMorganChase, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley helped Chinese companies tied to the CCP’s military apparatus and forced Uyghur labor raise BILLIONS in global capital markets. Just months after United States Department of War designated Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL), the world’s largest battery maker, as a “Chinese military company,” JPMorgan and Bank of America moved forward with underwriting its Hong Kong IPO, helping the company raise billions in new capital. According to our investigation, the banks proceeded even after CATL was linked to China’s Military-Civil Fusion strategy and despite evidence connecting the company to entities tied to the PLA, China’s defense-industrial base, and forced labor in Xinjiang. The investigation uncovered CATL partnerships and business relationships with blacklisted Chinese defense-linked entities including Huawei, Norinco International Cooperation Ltd., China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 中国电子科技集团公司, CSSC-SDARI, COMAC, China Mobile International Limited, and CHINA NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION. The report also details CATL’s ownership stake in Wuhu Shipyard, a key builder of Chinese naval vessels and military equipment, as well as research partnerships tied to the PLA’s National University of Defense Technology and China’s nuclear weapons complex. The Committee found further evidence linking CATL’s supply chain to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)-connected entities implicated in forced labor and the Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang. According to the investigation, CATL refused to provide full supply chain audits, while banks proceeded with the deals anyway despite public evidence and internal diligence reports identifying ongoing exposure to forced labor risks. In a separate transaction, Morgan Stanley sponsored the IPO of Zijin Gold even after its parent company and Xinjiang subsidiaries were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. Internal documents showed the firm identified significant sanctions and national security risks and moved forward regardless. Our investigation concluded that Wall Street’s due diligence processes prioritized deal completion over national security and human rights concerns. Policy changes are needed to stop U.S. financial institutions from bankrolling companies tied to the CCP’s military buildup and forced labor system. More on the report here: https://lnkd.in/eV-E4-RQ

Thank you to the U.S. Department of State for making it clear that people who seek to enrich themselves through IUU fishing are not welcome in the United States. Around the world, China’s distant-water fishing fleet relies on bribery, weak enforcement, and compromised local actors to loot coastal waters and undercut American fishermen. https://lnkd.in/eysszp6P