ICYMI: Select Committee Forces Confucius Institute Closure and Demands CCP IP Theft Accountability

Last week, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party forced a university conducting military research to permanently close its CCP-aligned Confucius Institute, implored the DOJ to protect small business from CCP intellectual property theft, and spoke out against the 30-year history of failed engagement with Communist China.

Find highlights from more of the top news stories below.

Chairman Gallagher Discusses Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Xi Jinping - Fox News Interview

Chairman Gallagher on Fox and Friends:

“We have to push back on this message from the Chinese Communist Party that anything less than cooperation with the world order they desire is choosing conflict. They are choosing conflict.”

Watch the full interview above or HERE.

Click HERE to read Chairman Gallagher's Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the 30-year history of failed engagement with the Chinese Communist Party.

"30 Years of Engagement Hasn't Worked" - Chairman Gallagher on CNBC's Squawk Box

Chairman Gallagher on CNBC's Squawk Box:

“Like a zombie in a horror movie rising from the grave, we are going back to this idea that we can engage with China and induce them to act responsibly."

"The Chinese Communist Party exploits our ardent pursuit of meetings and photo-ops as an opportunity to advance their totalitarian and anti-American agenda... [The] olive branch we constantly extend becomes an invitation to aggression.”

Watch the full interview above or HERE.

"GOP lawmakers urge DOJ to probe Chinese IP theft from U.S. small businesses" - CNBC

Select Committee on the CCP & House Committee on Small Business Seek Answers from DOJ

“Two top Republican congressmen on Thursday urged the Justice Department to investigate intellectual property theft from American small businesses by Chinese actors...

The House CCP committee is pushing for the Department of Justice's Task Force on Intellectual Property to prioritize theft scenarios among small businesses, which can cripple those with little means to recoup losses.” - CNBC

Click HERE to read the full story.

Click HERE to view the press release on the letter to the Justice Department on the Select Committee's website.

"University to cut ties with Chinese Confucius Institute after GOP scrutiny on $17M DOD grant" - Fox News

Alfred University Permanently Closes its Confucius Institute as a Result of Select Committee Investigation

"A U.S. university will cut ties with the Chinese Confucius Institute following scrutiny from Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., over a Pentagon grant to the school for researching advanced weaponry.

Alfred University will close the Confucius Institute on its campus by June 30, a lawyer for the school told Gallagher in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. Alfred had received a five-year grant worth $17 million to study hypersonic weapons in 2022."

Click HERE to read the full story.

Click HERE to view the press release on the Select Committee's Website.

Chairman Gallagher on Chinese Communist Party Spy Base in Cuba - Fox News Interview

Chairman Gallagher on Fox News America's Newsroom:

“The CCP is not interested in win-win cooperation. They are interested in global domination. We need to take off these utopian blinders…

They respect only firmness and they have contempt for those who continually give into them.”

Watch the full interview above or HERE.

Click HERE to read Chairman Gallagher's statement on the CCP Spy Facility in Cuba on the Select Committee's website.

"As Ties to China Turn Toxic, Even Chinese Companies Are Breaking Them" - New York Times

"As relations between the United States and China turn increasingly rocky, some of China’s most entrepreneurial brands have taken steps to distance themselves from their home country." - New York Times

“The message of our investigation of Shein, Temu, Adidas and Nike is clear: Either ensure your supply chains are clean — no matter how difficult it is — or get out of countries like China implicated in forced labor.” - Chairman Mike Gallagher

Click HERE to read the full story.

Click HERE to see the Press Release on the Select Committee's investigation into Shein, Temu, Nike and Adidas.