ICYMI: China Select's Week-in-Review

Committee Action Taken to Win the Competition with China:

• Called on the Trump administration to adopt safeguards to prevent China from dominating the global AI ecosystem, outlining an “America First AI Policy” with limits on overseas computing capacity, bans on Chinese equipment in advanced U.S. data centers, and diplomatic efforts to reduce Chinese influence in AI supply chains.
• Held a hearing on “Authoritarians and Algorithms: Why U.S. AI Must Lead” and questioned Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark on how the U.S. can win the race to build powerful AI.
• Launched an AI campaign with legislation to Block CCP-Linked AI from U.S. government use.
• Urged the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation to review grants awarded to two University of Michigan professors whose labs hosted Chinese nationals recently charged by the Department of Justice with smuggling biological materials.
• Reminded Americans that investing in Chinese companies on U.S. equity markets is like investing in a fantasy football team—the VIE structure offers zero direct ownership, while calling on SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to begin delisting Chinese companies that pose serious national security and investor protection risks.
• Select Committee member Rep. Dusty Johnson published an op-ed exposing how the CCP has manipulated America’s economy to its advantage, undermining American businesses, consumers, and national security.

Other Action Taken to Win the Competition with China:

• The House advanced H.R. 910, Rep. Young Kim’s Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act, directing U.S. officials to push for Taiwan’s full participation in the IMF. It's a direct rebuke to the CCP’s efforts to isolate democratic partners.
• The House advanced H.R. 1713, the Agricultural Risk Review Act, which would better facilitate national security reviews of foreign purchases of U.S. farmland—including the Agriculture Department in screening CCP-linked land acquisitions.
• The FY26 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill was advanced and included strong provisions to block purchases of Chinese telecom equipment and drones across the U.S. Capitol. It’s a critical step toward protecting national security from foreign adversaries.
• The House Small Business Committee held a hearing and examined ways to unlock America’s mineral potential and reduce dependence on China for critical resources essential to our economy and defense. 

News to Know:

• An initiative backed by California Governor Gavin Newsom is allegedly part of a broader Chinese Communist Party effort to establish influence networks by “twinning” California’s Bay Area with China’s Greater Bay Area.
• House Republicans and Democrats introduced a bill to ban the federal government from using AI developed by Chinese companies, warning that CCP-backed firms pose a serious national security threat. The legislation is a critical step in keeping Beijing’s surveillance tools out of our federal systems.
• Reports show that Chinese officials are inflating economic data by exporting “zero-mileage” used cars that were never actually driven, manipulating trade stats to mask domestic weakness.
• Chinese Retreats: Chinese companies are retreating from U.S. stock markets as regulators tighten oversight and crack down on CCP-linked firms.
• In the wake of the UK’s HMS Spey transit, Taiwan detected 74 military aircraft in its air defense zone over a 30-hour period—61 crossing into its ADIZ, marking the most aggressive incursion in eight months
• Two Chinese nationals were arrested in Busan for flying drones to film a US aircraft carrier at a naval base, underscoring China's intelligence-gathering efforts on U.S. military assets.
• China-linked hacker groups deployed the “Pubload” malware via deceptive attachments, showing a targeted cyber-espionage campaign against the Tibetan community.
• FBI cyber chief Brett Leatherman advised maintaining high vigilance against Chinese cyber threats, especially as retaliatory state-sponsored hacking trends grow.
• Xia Baolong, overseeing Hong Kong affairs, warned of persistent foreign interference and evolving internal resistance, signaling ongoing national-security maneuvers by Beijing.
• The U.S. DHS flagged an 830% increase in China-made signal jammers smuggled into the U.S., posing threats to civilian communications and public safety. 

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