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AI Giant G42 Cuts Ties With China, Seeks More Presence in US
Rep. Mike Gallagher encourages more companies to follow G42’s lead, which he calls a ‘welcome first step’ in reducing their exposure to China.
Bill Seeks to Block Funding to Biotechnology Firms of ‘Foreign Adversaries’
‘It is unacceptable for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be used to subsidize biotech companies of our foreign adversaries,’ says Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.).
EXCLUSIVE: Senators Sound Alarm Over US Funding to Chinese Biotech Firm Over National Security Threats
The Chinese genomics giant, which has been blacklisted by both the Defense and Commerce departments, has been working with the USDA since as early as 2018 on the Earth BioGenome Project, which aims to sequence the genomes of more than 1.5 million species over a 10-year span to catalog the earth’s biodiversity.
As Delta Bans TikTok, Experts Warn About Beijing’s Data Grab
“What Xi does in China is a good precedent for what he wants to do in other countries—surveillance, and control,” said James Lewis.
