US Congressmen Reach Back Into Cold War Armory to Respond to China

US Congressmen Reach Back Into Cold War Armory to Respond to China
Representative Bill Keating (D-Mass.) during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, on March 10, 2021. Ting Shen/Pool via Reuters
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WASHINGTON—Democratic and Republican congressmen on July 28 introduced a bill that aims to revive an arm of the old U.S. Cold War arsenal to improve understanding of China and potentially other strategic rivals of the United States.

The House bill, introduced by Democratic Representatives Joaquin Castro and Bill Keating and Republicans Mike Gallagher and Brian Fitzpatrick, would provide for the establishment of a federally funded Open Translation and Analysis Center (OTAC) focused on China.