House Republicans say DoD funded $2.5B China-linked defense research

A House Republican report released Friday found that, over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon financed hundreds of research projects carried out with Chinese universities and institutions linked to Beijing's defense research and industrial base, including organizations that appear on U.S. government blacklists. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said its investigation identified 1,400 research papers published between June 2023 and June 2025 that acknowledged Pentagon support and collaboration with Chinese partners, funded by roughly 700 defense grants worth more than $2.5 billion.

Republicans on the committee argued the collaborations have allowed China to exploit U.S. research partnerships for military gains amid an intensifying technological and arms rivalry. "American taxpayer dollars should be used to defend the nation, not strengthen its foremost strategic competitor," the report said. It warned that failing to protect American research from hostile foreign exploitation will erode U.S. technological dominance and jeopardize national defense capabilities.

The committee said more than half of the identified publications involved organizations affiliated...